SmartNet Alternatives

Sun Feb 13 07:59:11 UTC 2011

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-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Loftis <mloftis at wgops.com>
Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2011 08:26:56 +1100
To: John Macleod <JMacleod at alentus.com>
Cc: "nanog at nanog.org" <nanog at 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 at alentus.com>
>wrote:
>> Just interested in other peoples experience to companies offering
>>alternatives to SmartNet?
>>
>> Pros/Cons/Tradeoffs?
>>
>> We currently have a mix of SmartNet and internal parts supply.
>>
>> John
>>
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