RE: Yankee Group declares core routing obsolete (was Re: Anybodyusing GBICs?)

[sthaug () nethelp no]

> Things are getting better, but "L3-switches" pale in comparison to today's
> high-end routers on almost all fronts.  If you take GigE out of the
> equation, modern "L3 Switches" are just as expensive as modern "core
> routers" - and routable, "mpls-able" L3 GE ports are _more_ expensive on
> "switches" than "routers" (see 4xGE OSM vs 4xGE GSR 'tetra' pricing).

In *my* Cisco GPL, 4GE-SFP-LC is listed at $75,000 while OSM-2+4GE-WAN+
is listed at $44,000. But then I tend to think of the 6500/7600 as a
router...

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug () nethelp no