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says Tej Kohli, a director for service provider marketing at Cisco.
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From a service provider perspective all of these capabilities can be managed over a single device through a single user interface, making it much easier to sell smaller companies more than just transport service, Kohli says.And, he adds, they can be networked together into dynamic multipoint VPNs in a mesh (all points to all points) array that is as simple to manage as the traditional hub-spoke model.
With price points ranging from $1,395 to $9,500 SPs have the option of providing the CPE on a leased basis without incurring heavy cap ex costs, Kohli adds."With the overall savings in equipment and truck rolls, we're seeing payback on the leased equipment model reduced to eight months compared to 24 months for comparable services offered over previous generation equipment," he says.
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"We see cable as a very important market segment for our enterprise services products," says Tej Kohli, a director for service provider marketing at Cisco Systems.
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From a service provider perspective all of these capabilities can be managed over a single device through a single user interface, making it much easier to sell smaller companies more than just transport service, Kohli says.And, he adds, they can be networked together into dynamic multipoint VPNs in a mesh (all points to all points) array that is as simple to manage as the traditional hub-spoke model.
With price points ranging from $1,395 to $9,500 cable operators have the option of providing the CPE on a leased basis without incurring heavy cap ex costs, Kohli adds."With the overall savings in equipment and truck rolls, we're seeing payback on the leased equipment model reduced to eight months compared to 24 months for comparable services offered over previous generation equipment," he says.