On Thu, Oct 29, 1998 at 09:35:26PM -0500, alex@nac.net wrote:
It's also possible to get spare parts for PCs at 8 PM on Saturday. Not true for Cisco.
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/625/sno/smons_ds.htm
Section: SMARTnet Onsite 24x7x4
You can get anything you want if you're willing to pay enough.
Not that I am a big fan of PC based or even *nix routers, one could make the argument that at <$3000 for 16 routed ports (a price someone mentioned on here) it would be very inexpensive (relatively) to keep fully configured spare chassis around for less than the price of a comparably equiped Cisco. Then again, some of us keep fully configured spare Ciscos around and still get SMARTnet Onsite 4 hour. I guess it just depends what your customers pay for. (note: I didn't say *expect*) Flames encouraged, -Deepak. AiNET