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The joke is that Cisco network switches never die

In the future the entire network will have been modernized and refitted except for the switches. (Just like some Organs)

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (5 children)

Most of the internet infrastructure above the LAN side is actually Nokia switches these days. Cisco has lost a lot of market share. Most of the old Cisco switches are being replaced due to no longer being updated. Security wise, not great to keep an end of life switch.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 days ago (4 children)

You will be shocked Howe much old shit is still out there. I know of a few national providers who still have Cisco 7200vxr in production.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I work for an ISP, I definitely know how long old equipment gets held onto. Lol. Not saying it doesn’t happen, just saying Cisco isn’t the ubiquitous quality product it used to be.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

salt typhoon enters the chat

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

Maybe a case of business sector (e.g. ISP vs regular Datacenter or Hyperscaler vs normal businesses)?

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