[AusNOG] Cisco ASR 1001-X is now EOL - replacement ideas?

[BOG Group Global]

Hello Everyone,

Wanted to get some advice from the group around replacement aggregation
routers for our PoPs.

We have several Cisco ASR 1001-X routers in our data centres for our PoPs.
Just simple broadband aggregation from Telstra Wholesale EA, NBN EE, NBN
TC4, etc etc. Nothing out of the ordinary really. Each PoP has two of these
configured with redundancy in mind, usually 5-6Gbps of traffic at each PoP,
and these Cisco routers do BGP to upstream carriers like Telstra, AAPT, etc.

Given these Cisco routers have gone EOL recently, what would people
recommend to replace these with? We picked up these ASR1001-X units as
refurbished units a few years ago to keep the costs down, and they have
served us well really.

I'd really prefer to keep them within the Cisco product sets, since that's
what my staff are familiar with, but I do know there are much cheaper
options out there now (or we try and get refurbished units again)

What would you guys suggest?

Thanks
Brian
BOG Group Global
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