RE: SmartNet Alternatives

["Alejandro Acosta" <alejandroacostaalamo () gmail com>]

Right, pretty good idea to look for other altermatives, few years ago I wouldn't agree, however my feeling says that 
Cisco competetitors have grown a lot,

AAA-,

-----Mensaje original-----
De: Ryan Finnesey
Enviados:  12/02/2011 17:03:32
Para: nanog () nanog org
Cc: John Macleod
Asunto:  RE: SmartNet Alternatives

This is one of the reasons we are starting to look at Juniper for a new network build.  It is my understanding we set 
software updates for life for free.
Cheers
Ryan


-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Loftis [mailto:mloftis () wgops com] 
Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 4:27 PM
To: John Macleod
Cc: nanog () nanog org
Subject: Re: SmartNet Alternatives

Cisco is making noises that they'll eventually be restricting software access to ONLY those devices which have an 
active SmartNet contract associated to your CCO account.  I don't know where this currently stands, and it sure will be 
a huge pain in my rear if/when it happens.

On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 1:41 PM, John Macleod <JMacleod () alentus com> wrote:
> Just interested in other peoples experience to companies offering alternatives to SmartNet?
>
> Pros/Cons/Tradeoffs?
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> We currently have a mix of SmartNet and internal parts supply.
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> John
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