[64968] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: 24-port Gigabit + two 10Gb uplinks
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joel Jaeggli)
Thu Nov 6 18:49:07 2003
Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2003 15:46:32 -0800 (PST)
From: Joel Jaeggli <joelja@darkwing.uoregon.edu>
To: "Robert A. Hayden" <rhayden@geek.net>
Cc: Eric Kuhnke <eric@fnordsystems.com>, <nanog@merit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0311061734450.10786-100000@shell.geek.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
On Thu, 6 Nov 2003, Robert A. Hayden wrote:
>
> On Thu, 6 Nov 2003, Eric Kuhnke wrote:
>
> >
> > Certainly not as cheap as a 2950 with two Gb ports, but this is the start
> > of an entirely new generation of edge switches. Does anyone want to hazard
> > a guess as how long it will be before 24+10Gb switches are selling for $1,500?
> > 3 years?
>
> Certainly we'll never see them at that level from "Company C". I don't
> think they have ever sold anything of substance for $1500. Heck, they
> still list the 2511 at around $3700 if you want 16/16 memory in it.
linksys 4 port wireless ap, router, printer server, and 10gbe switch? ;)
joelja
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