For those without the benefit of the prices to hand: The 24 port 2924 LRE switches work out at around 4000 GBP list and the 575 termination boxes work out at under 200 GBP list (surprisingly for Cisco)
Suppose it depends on how much upheaval you will save by using it. Gaz ""Chuck Larrieu"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > if you're in the San Francisco area, I can think of quite a few hotels where > this would make sense. Places like the Fairmont or the Mark Hopkins aren't > going to disrupt their guests and their revenue stream for rewiring. Of > course there would be the problem of prying the dollars out of their > managements' hands to pay for it. ;-> > > three or four years ago I was personally humiliated because I trusted the > telecom guy at one of the big hotels in town that he would be able to > deliver a simple ethernet connection from his telco room to a particular > conference room. Of couse he couldn't and the connection to the internet > failed. ( don't ask - I was dragged in at the last minute because somebody > else who had no clue was on the path to destruction, and I stupidly agreed > to try to bail him out ) In any case, something like this would have been > the perfect solution, assuming that the wiring in general was not corroded > too badly, or the rats hadn't munched it into uselessness. And in this > particular hotel, that was a distinct possibility. :-> > > Chuck > > > ""Bolton, Travis"" wrote in message > [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > Very interesting technology. Maybe I should start my own consulting > company > > to install these devices in hotels and make my million :-) > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Chuck Larrieu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Monday, December 31, 2001 1:11 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: OT: Cisco LRE ( Long Reach Ethernet ) [7:30553] > > > > > > Is it slow at work today or what? > > > > I was browsing CCO and ran across something called "long reach ethernet" > > > > http://newsroom.cisco.com/dlls/ts_122701.html > > > > http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/779/servpro/solutions/long_ethernet/ > > > > lots more. > > > > Interesting product and market. Interesting, because on the surface, it > > doesn't seem like it would be less expensive than re-wiring, but if one > > looks at someplace like a hotel, where ripping walls out to string a new > > wiring infrastructure would be exceedingly disruptive, it makes sense. > > > > Anyone looked into this? done it? this appears to be a very new product to > > Cisco. the web docs are dated within the last few weeks. > > > > Chuck Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=30614&t=30553 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
