Simon. I'm saddened to say Alcatel - exactly as you mention. All of above. We did look at Huawei too which was better price per port, but in the end leased Alcatel as they were far more responsive and Huawei had a reputation for falling over in hot places (read tin box at the side of the street).
If we were to do it again, I would be tempted to look at Actellis far more seriously.. Peter Knapp T: 0113 294 66 99 F: 0113 273 00 58 E: [email protected] W: www.ccsleeds.co.uk -----Original Message----- From: Simon Lockhart [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 25 January 2013 16:22 To: Peter Knapp Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [uknof] uknof Digest, Vol 49, Issue 22 On Fri Jan 25, 2013 at 04:04:48PM +0000, Peter Knapp wrote: > We used to use the Zyxels (both models) in NI a few years ago and > spent a lot of time in Bracknell with Zyxel in the test labs - they > are (maybe were) more than happy to welcome you on site there. However > we had random hardware and lock up problems along with high port > failure counts on them and eventually removed them in favour of Alcatel at > considerable expense. Peter, Thanks for the feedback on Zyxel. How does Alcatel compare price wise to the Zyxel? I tend to see the name Alcatel and think $$$, and also expect to pay over the odds for support and a management platform to be able to run them - but that's just gut feel rather than based on any actual numbers. Simon
