On Fri, 2006-07-28 at 13:29 -0400, Jim Van Meggelen wrote: > I think you are right, but many customers do not. Still, I am already > re-thinking my opinion on these matters, and I may find myself putting more > thought into trying to sell the network upgrade. Time will tell how this > pans out.
(my last thoughts on the subject) I think its a good time to have a second look at these two approaches. The thing that has changed recently is that the price of upgrading the CAT5 network is fairly rapidly approaching the price of implementing the separate network. Over the longer term the cost of running two networks will definitely be higher and require more maintenance than a single network. That only stands to reason so as I said in a previous email, for a very minimal up-front pain (the difference between a dumb switch and a smarter switch) you can have substantial long term gain. John
