[c-nsp] EOS/EOL for the 7500 platform

[Stephen Fulton]

Hi Gert,

My biggest problem with Cisco right now is the 7600 series, period.  The
business decisions made by that BU lately are incredibly self-centred.  For
example, I'm doing some capacity planning for the next year, and the
"obvious" upgrade path for the devices in question and the services those
are used for, is the 7600 series.  However, reading the fine print regarding
the new SIP/SPA's is really disheartening.  There are options that the
SIP-200 & SIP-400 won't do, but the SIP-600 will, but it will only accept
certain SPA's, and the pricing is prohibitive.  

We're primarily a Cisco shop, and I'm studying for my CCIP, but I've
realized that in order to provide *our* customers with the services they
demand, other vendors will be required.  There are just too many unknowns
about what the Cisco 7600 series will, or will not, support.  I won't risk
my job because of it.

-- Stephen.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gert Doering [mailto:gert at greenie.muc.de] 
> Sent: December 15, 2006 4:57 PM
> To: Stephen Fulton
> Cc: 'Peter Salanki'; 'David Sinn'; 'Cisco-nsp'
> Subject: Re: [c-nsp] EOS/EOL for the 7500 platform
> 
> Hi,
> 
> On Fri, Dec 15, 2006 at 04:40:14PM -0500, Stephen Fulton wrote:
> > The result?  I'm looking at Juniper gear more and more.
> 
> They're going to screw you as well.  
> 
> "spontaneous introduction of license costs for IPv6", anyone?
> 
> gert
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