With Cisco, if you don't have smartnet, you can't legally get firmware updates.
If you look at Curvature's support policy, it's all about replacement hardware. I don't make comment about right/wrong/indifferent. That just has to figure into the company's plans. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of J- P Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2016 9:50 AM To: NT Subject: [NTSysADM] used/refurb/eol Hi all, I decided to start a new thread as this is no longer a suggestion or recommendation of brands, As I mentioned in a previous thread, I service a company that uses only Cisco (and they have over 1000 centers), however, one thing I noticed is that they NEVER buy new, it is always used. While I cannot mention the name of the company, I can mention the name of where they get the products from https://www.curvature.com/ One thing I do like about them is that they offer an alternative to smartnet contract AND they support hardware after EOL https://www.curvature.com/Services I'm just wondering what is the consensus regarding this? Jean-Paul Natola
