Maybe you've noticed that it's mostly the same old 56K or t1
circuit to the customer premises as 10+ years ago?
In many cases I can get the same job done with an IGS/R as with
a 2501 as with a 1000 or 1600 as a 1700 or 2600.
I don't know how many of our customers are stil running MGS/CGS
stuff that we're not tracking, but I have a perfectly goog AGS+
if your equipment room is getting too quiet or chilly. 8-)
Cisco's real issue is whether the newer and better and a little
cheaper low-end routers can hold their ground against the 3-rd
party appliances, not whether I can run a current IOS on a 2501.
George
> From: Bill Woodcock <woody@zocalo.net>
> To: Gert Doering <gert@greenie.muc.de>
> Subject: Re: [nsp] release notes for 12.2(2)T?
>
> > But this is not a good long-term strategy. Annoy technicians with such
> > things (how much is there for Cisco to gain if I have to purchase a 1603R
> > because my trusty 2503 isn't supported anymore?)
>
> Ahem. I think the _correct_ answer is to buy a 1751, which comes with
> 128mb of RAM, 32mb of flash, and a real CPU. Why do people insist on
> buying dinosaurs? I know the PLM for that space, and believe me, Cisco
> can't understand why people insist on continuing to order routers that are
> nearly a _decade old_. I mean, come on, folks, these are _68030s_. If
> you had a monitor and a keyboard on something that old, I don't think
> you'd be calling it "trusty", I think you'd have thrown it out the window
> in frustration, oh, say, six or seven years ago.
>
> Stop beating a dead horse and let Cisco move on. How can people
> complain that they're not able to beat Juniper on modern stuff, and then
> simultaneously whine that they're not adequately supporting legacy crap
> from the _previous century_?
>
> -Bill
>
>
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