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they are inflated). Buy enough servers in a part of a package deal and you’ll see genuine 10GB SFP optics at equivalent or less than third party pricing – I’d assume similar deals apply to switching.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Greg Anderson<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, 26 March 2014 6:11 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> ausnog@lists.ausnog.net<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [AusNOG] 3rd Party SFP+ Optics<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I will keep this simple and straight to the point:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">You buy 10G network switches from recognised brand name vendor(s).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please do tell me why you chose (or chose not to) use 3rd party SFP+ optics in your gear at 1/4 the price rather than going to your vendor for the modules.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Feel free to reply off list if you want to shame an entity outside of the public eye :)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks in advance for your opinions!<o:p></o:p></p>
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