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Re: router lifetime


From: Curtis Maurand <cmaurand () xyonet com>
Date: Mon, 04 Oct 2010 08:54:44 -0400

 On 10/2/2010 7:23 PM, Franck Martin wrote:
How long do you keep a router in production?

What is your cycle for replacement of equipment?

For a PC, you usually depreciate it over 3 years, and can make it last 5 years, but then you are stretching the 
functionality, especially if you upgrade the OS, tho it is not uncommon to see companies still on XP and IE6.
Hell, we still have Windows 2000 and IE6.

--Curtis


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