[j-nsp] The Switch is ON !!!

[bill fumerola]

On Tue, Jan 29, 2008 at 01:48:00PM -0500, Dan Farrell wrote:
> Actually he can speak for us on this one, too. I asked my cohort here
> what devices we had in our datacenters that would need POE... you know
> what I heard?
> 
> ... cricket...

is that silence because the POE VOIP phones you use in your NOC aren't
getting power? also, i'd look into some pest management. crickets in the
colo can't be healthy.

:)

> I told a vendor rep recently that there is no way we would ever buy POE
> switches for our hosting work... and now he's smiling because he knows I
> like the sound of Juniper switching. Getting ready to eat my words...

just because it has POE doesn't mean you need to use it. you're not paying
more for it. they're not drawing the power unless being utilized.

i'd imagine you have plenty of devices that you don't use 100% of the
features all the time. it's called flexibility.

also, would you rather have waited longer (or paid more) so juniper could
develop, market, and code for two slightly different hardware platforms?

i'd never use RIP in a modern network, yet i still buy routers that are
capable of RIP all the time.

-- bill