[cisco-voip] VG350 Gateway ... anyone deployed this yet?

Fri Apr 26 12:04:10 EDT 2013

Just to follow up on this, even using list pricing, you're right, unless you're buying the 144 FXS bundle, the VG224 4pack is still cheaper. And even when you compare when it's fully populated, it's only a bit cheaper. The SmartNet option looks like a wash to me. 

So really, in my case, cause they're separated over two closets the VG224s make sense. 

The VG350 does have more options, like OPX-lite on some ports, red phone compatibility, filtering, etc., but I can't justify the cost at this time. And I can almost buy a new gigabit switch for the extra uplinks I need. ;) 

YMMV, 

Lelio 

--- 
Lelio Fulgenzi, B.A. 
Senior Analyst, Data Centre and Communications Facilities 
Computing and Communications Services (CCS) 
University of Guelph 

519‐824‐4120 Ext 56354 
lelio at uoguelph.ca 
www.uoguelph.ca/ccs 
Room 037, Animal Science and Nutrition Building 
Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1 

----- Original Message -----
From: "Nick Matthews" <matthnick at gmail.com> 
To: "Lelio Fulgenzi" <lelio at uoguelph.ca> 
Cc: "Dennis Heim" <Dennis.Heim at wwt.com>, "cisco-voip at puck.nether.net VOIP" <cisco-voip at puck.nether.net> 
Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2013 4:52:14 PM 
Subject: Re: [cisco-voip] VG350 Gateway ... anyone deployed this yet? 

When I did the cost comparison last I did use the smartnet cost in the calculation, and I believe made the 350 more appealing. If you need less than the full port capacity of the VG350 the 224's still hold their value. Think about that in terms of where all your cables home run as you may not have all of your analog in one closet, etc. 

-nick 

On Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 9:03 AM, Lelio Fulgenzi < lelio at uoguelph.ca > wrote: 

Definitely something to consider. I usually consider five years into the total cost of ownership. I don't think the VG224s are going anywhere though. 

Sent from my iPhone 

On 2013-04-21, at 8:59 AM, "Heim, Dennis" < Dennis.Heim at wwt.com > wrote: 

I wonder what the smartnet pricing delta is between the 224 and 350. 

Dennis Heim | Sr. Unified Collaboration Team Lead 

World Wide Technology | 314.212.1814 | dennis.heim at wwt.com 

“Creating Impact, Ignition & Scalability” 

From: cisco-voip [ mailto:cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net ] On Behalf Of Lelio Fulgenzi 
Sent: Saturday, April 20, 2013 5:15 PM 
To: Nick Matthews 
Cc: cisco-voip at puck.nether.net VOIP 
Subject: Re: [cisco-voip] VG350 Gateway ... anyone deployed this yet? 

Even when you look at 4pack prices? 

Sent from my iPhone 

On 2013-04-20, at 1:10 PM, Nick Matthews < matthnick at gmail.com > wrote: 

It's cheaper per-port than the VG224, by about 10-15% last time I ran then numbers. Plus you get less management points. The cards also have some nice features - passthrough FXO, some higher voltages on certain ports, etc. 

The snag a few people have hit is that it requires 8.6.2, there's no .cop file to apply it to 8.5 and previous versions. 

-nick 

On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 8:35 AM, Lelio Fulgenzi < lelio at uoguelph.ca > wrote: 

Has anyone deployed a VG350 gateway recently? I believe it was announced only last summer. It's a high density analog gateway, part of the VGXXX family. It's a 3900 series router with high density voice modules on it. 

I still have to do a port cost analysis, but thought I'd ask about experience. Some advantages I see are one device configuration and only one (or two with redundancy) uplink ports needed. Power savings may be a wash, not sure yet. Of course, with one device, comes one point of failure. 

Any thoughts would be welcome. 

Lelio 

--- 
Lelio Fulgenzi, B.A. 
Senior Analyst (CCS) * University of Guelph * Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1 
(519) 824-4120 x56354 (519) 767-1060 FAX (ANNU) 
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 
Cooking with unix is easy. You just sed it and forget it. 
- LFJ (with apologies to Mr. Popeil) 

_______________________________________________ 
cisco-voip mailing list 
cisco-voip at puck.nether.net 
https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-voip 

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-voip/attachments/20130426/3f18bf9f/attachment.html>