Mx204 alternative

Aaron aaron at wholesaleinternet.net
Fri Aug 9 22:15:15 UTC 2019



On 8/9/2019 4:19 PM, Brandon Martin wrote:
> On 8/9/19 1:23 PM, Aaron wrote:
>> We've gotten 5.7M in there with compression.
>
> Out of curiosity, what are you doing that has 5.7M routes in a single 
> routing area?  That's a lot of edge routes, tons of VRFs, or something.

They were generated just for testing.

>
>> Push them and they will get very aggressive on price.  VERY aggressive. 
>
> Yes, yes they will.  I've seen some distributor pricing and, while not 
> officially under NDA, I will not mention it directly.  Suffice to say 
> you should demand at least 40-50% off list from your vendor to start 
> with.
>

I don't believe I'm under NDA either but all I'll say is that if you 
push, 40-50% isn't even close to what they'll do.



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