The Making of a Router

Sat Dec 28 02:14:37 UTC 2013

On Fri, 27 Dec 2013, Baldur Norddahl wrote:

> Another told Nick Cameo that if he can afford a 10G link, he can afford
> Juniper. You could not be more wrong. The 10G uplink goes for $0 in initial
> fee and less than $4k / month with unlimited traffic. The Juniper gear is
> $100k up front for two routers able to handle the 10G links.
>
> What I get from you guys is that in your opinion it is not possible to set
> up a small ISP without spending a ton on Juniper or Cisco. I am not buying
> that.

Small ISPs don't need 10gb transit connections.  Even if you did want 
cisco gear capable of handling 10gb transit, it can be done on the 
secondary market for a fraction of that $100k figure.

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