I have never used one, but there are Linux solutions as well, its really
about what you are comfortable with. I'd be willing to bet you could score
a used non vxr 7200 for a decent price via the
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Bri
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From: "dre"
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Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 3:52 PM
Subject: Re: OT low cost DS3 router [7:58916]
> ""Peter van Oene"" wrote in message
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> > At 07:47 PM 12/10/2002 +0000, jeff sicuranza wrote:
> > >What device would you use to terminate a DS3 to ethernet that
> > >is ultra low cost. I need to find a low cost, carrier type CPE
> > >that will take a DS3 and hand off eithernet. Low cost, low
> > >feature is the guiding word.
>
> Cheapest DS3 (non-ATM), that I know of is a Cisco 2650XM
> router (built-in 10/100 Ethernet) with a NM-1T3/E3.
>
> The above should cost around $8200 from most vendors, plus
> the cost of maint on the 2650 (~$300 for 8x5xNBD, ~$600 for
> 24x7x4). That sounds to be fairly priced, especially considering
> DS3's cost about that per month.
>
> Another alternative would be from Seranoa (I believe it is more
> expensive than the above solution), whom I saw demo a product
> at NANOG 26 which offers DS3 interfaces on one side, and
> VLAN-capable 10/100 Ethernet on the other side.
> http://www.seranoa.com/products/products.html
>
> If it were up to me, I'd go with the Cisco solution regardless of the
> price point from other vendors. I mean, you could price out a
> Nortel Passport 5430 with 10/100 Ethernet and DS3, but I'm
> positive you are looking at almost 10x the cost, if not more.
>
> -dre
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