Ah, yes. I forgot about firmware and smartnet. It's possible that Juniper has a similar policy, but I've also found that it's usually fairly inexpensive to bring Juniper under support, where as smartnet is painfully expensive.
Kurt On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 12:26 PM, Michael B. Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > 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:listsadmin@lists. > myitforum.com] *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 > >
