<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>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.</div><div><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On 2013-04-21, at 8:59 AM, "Heim, Dennis" <<a href="mailto:Dennis.Heim@wwt.com">Dennis.Heim@wwt.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 14 (filtered medium)"><style><!--
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I wonder what the smartnet pricing delta is between the 224 and 350.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Dennis Heim | </span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Sr. Unified Collaboration Team Lead</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">World Wide Technology | 314.212.1814 | <a href="mailto:dennis.heim@wwt.com">dennis.heim@wwt.com</a><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">“Creating Impact, Ignition & Scalability”<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> cisco-voip [<a href="mailto:cisco-voip-bounces@puck.nether.net">mailto:cisco-voip-bounces@puck.nether.net</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Lelio Fulgenzi<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, April 20, 2013 5:15 PM<br><b>To:</b> Nick Matthews<br><b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:cisco-voip@puck.nether.net">cisco-voip@puck.nether.net</a> VOIP<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [cisco-voip] VG350 Gateway ... anyone deployed this yet?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">Even when you look at 4pack prices?<br><br>Sent from my iPhone<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><br>On 2013-04-20, at 1:10 PM, Nick Matthews <<a href="mailto:matthnick@gmail.com">matthnick@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">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.<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">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.<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class="MsoNormal">-nick<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 8:35 AM, Lelio Fulgenzi <<a href="mailto:lelio@uoguelph.ca" target="_blank">lelio@uoguelph.ca</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""><br>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.<br><br>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. <br><br>Any thoughts would be welcome.<br><br>Lelio<br><br><br>---<br>Lelio Fulgenzi, B.A.<br>Senior Analyst (CCS) * University of Guelph * Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1<br>(519) 824-4120 x56354 (519) 767-1060 FAX (ANNU)<br>^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^<br>Cooking with unix is easy. You just sed it and forget it. <br> - LFJ (with apologies to Mr. Popeil)<br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><br>_______________________________________________<br>cisco-voip mailing list<br><a href="mailto:cisco-voip@puck.nether.net">cisco-voip@puck.nether.net</a><br><a href="https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-voip" target="_blank">https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-voip</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></blockquote></div></div></blockquote></body></html>