I think it depends on the application. For example the Juniper still has higher port density via support for more multiport SONET interfaces. Also, I could be wrong but I don't believe the ASR 1002 supports 10G. I think the ASR1002 is made for an application that people usually choose cisco for. It's the not-so medium sized enterprise core or for cpe termination for SONET. As you start comparing the larger ASR series routers to the other M-series I think Juniper still has the advantage for NSP applications. Also, most of the time the price is negotiable if you mention that you are thinking of going with the cisco. I haven't done much comparison shopping with the ASR's though. I think the 7206VXR still does the job and is much cheaper than both the M7i and the ASR1002.
From: Mark Tinka <mti...@globaltransit.net> To: juniper-nsp@puck.nether.net Date: 11/18/2009 03:13 AM Subject: Re: [j-nsp] ASR1002 Comparitive Sent by: <juniper-nsp-boun...@puck.nether.net> On Wednesday 18 November 2009 11:58:53 am Bill Blackford wrote: > I believe the M7i is the closest one 2 one comparison. > The performance numbers are almost exact and depending on > your supplier should be competitively priced with an > ASR1002. This is where/when I think Juniper need to re-invent the M7i/M10i. Even with the new Enhanced CFEB, the ASR1000's offer way more value, e.g., they can talk 10Gbps Ethernet or STM-64/OC-192, they can talk STM-16/OC-48, now support a 20Gbps centralized forwarding plane, support a wide range of line rate Gig-E line cards, e.t.c. We've seen a number of cases where the ASR1004/6 beats an M10i any day, especially when used as a small core or medium-sized edge router. The M7i is in even worse trouble since the ASR1002 comes with 4x on-board Gig-E ports - lovely. The M7i's/M10i's are finding it very hard to play in this space, anymore. This needs to be rectified. Cheers, Mark. [attachment "signature.asc" deleted by Keegan Holley/SAS/SunGard] _______________________________________________ juniper-nsp mailing list juniper-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp _______________________________________________ juniper-nsp mailing list juniper-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp