[c-nsp] Ode to the old days

[Marco van den Bovenkamp]

I had the same reaction when I first saw a Lannet 3LS some twenty years ago, back when the 7500s were king.

'1.28 Gbps of routing performance? WHAT!?' 

On December 8, 2016 10:29:01 PM CET, Nick Cutting <ncutting at edgetg.com> wrote:
>The day I got my hands on a 3550, when I was new to networking - and I
>thought we will never ever need routers again ! Removed all our routers
>living on sticks 
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: cisco-nsp [mailto:cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of
>Mattias Gyllenvarg
>Sent: Thursday, December 8, 2016 6:46 AM
>To: cisco-nsp <cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net>
>Subject: [c-nsp] Ode to the old days
>
>Dear All
>
>10year 4weeks 6days and about 11hours ago I was working for my first
>ISP (ispA).
>
>On that day I put a 3560-24TS into production as a device to terminate
>to a Metronet running OSPF/BGP och public IP space.
>
>A few years later I started consulting for ispB who later split into
>and became ispC for whom I worked for several years.
>
>After this I ventured into a smaller ISP (ispD) that was acquiring
>ispA.
>
>During that time that 3560 has been working without issue or power
>interruptions.
>Today, that it was replaced to add MPLS capabilities to the node
>boasting an up-time of 10 years 4 weeks 6 days and 11 hours.
>
>I fear I will never beat this record in my career.
>
>To the old gear!
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