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From: Cliff Addy <fbsdlist@federation.addy.com>
To: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>
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Subject: Re: T1 upgrade options?
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On Wed, 9 Jul 1997, Nate Williams wrote:

> small office (like mine), a dedicated PC works *much* better than a
> CISCO ever would, and total costs (including hardware, maintenance,
> etc..) are significantly lower.

I don't buy this at all.  A Cisco 2501 is only ~$1700 and requires *zero*
maintenance once it's set up.  For a typical setup, that takes about 10
minutes.  If you build a machine yourself, using reliable, quality parts,
you're lucky if you save $500 under that.  And then you're worrying about
hard drive crashes, config changes, OS security holes, etc.