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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-NZ link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>The Nokia 7210 sas range has suitable devices for layer2 (sas-k5) and MPLS (sas-k12, sas-d) edge at non totally crazy prices. They are true telco grade edge devices - <a href="https://onestore.nokia.com/asset/184551">https://onestore.nokia.com/asset/184551</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><hr size=1 width="98%" align=center></div><div id=divRplyFwdMsg><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'>From:</span></b><span style='color:black'> NANOG <</span><a href="mailto:nanog-bounces+chris=thesysadmin.au@nanog.org">nanog-bounces+chris=thesysadmin.au@nanog.org</a><span style='color:black'>> on behalf of Ross Tajvar <</span><a href="mailto:ross@tajvar.io">ross@tajvar.io</a><span style='color:black'>><br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, November 23, 2023 3:41 PM<br><b>To:</b> North American Network Operators' Group <</span><a href="mailto:nanog@nanog.org">nanog@nanog.org</a><span style='color:black'>><br><b>Subject:</b> CPE/NID options</span> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I'm evaluating CPEs for one of my clients, a regional ISP. Currently, we're terminating the customer's service (L3) on our upstream equipment and extending it over our own fiber to the customer's premise, where it lands in a Juniper EX2200 or EX2300.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>At a previous job, I used Accedian's ANTs on the customer prem side. I like the ANT because it has a small footprint with only 2 ports, it's passively cooled, it's very simple to operate, it's controlled centrally, etc. Unfortunately, when I reached out to Accedian, they insisted that the controller (which is required) started at $30k, which is a non-starter for us.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I'm not aware of any other products like this. Does anyone have a recommendation for a simple L2* device to deploy to customer premises? Not necessarily the exact same thing, but something similarly-featured would be ideal.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>*I'm not sure if the ANT is exactly "layer 2", but I don't know what else to call it.<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></body></html>