[c-nsp] Recommendation for Cisco router with Full BGP Route

[Ted Pelas Johansson]

> On 5 Mar 2025, at 08:17, Brandon Butterworth <brandon-ml at bogons.net> wrote:
> 
> On 04/03/2025 21:52:42, "Ted Pelas Johansson via cisco-nsp" <cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net> wrote:
>> Look at model 7280SR3K-48YC8A, or if you don't need as many ports: 7280SR3K-40YC6.
> 
> I've not seen a K version of the cut down -40

My bad, you're correct, the 40 version is only non-K.

>> The downside with Arista, at this point, is that they lack a pay as you grow (PayG) model, which is a must for an SP.
> 
> That is where I left Cisco, all the licensing overhead that was
> supposed to make it more affordable got used to raise the
> price of a restricted version, and put unlocking the rest beyond
> sense. By the time you need to grow it is cheaper to buy a newer
> device than pay to unlock an old device approaching EOL. You've
> literally paid for the hardware you are not allowed to use so
> it's never felt right either.
> 
> Maybe  it makes sense for someone growing fast.
> 
> brandon

For us PayG has made the most sense, TCO-wise, but everyone is different ofc. This has been true for my last two employments over 13 years.

/Ted