[Asterisk-Users] Cisco Support for 7940, Is this Right?

[Jon Lawrence]

On Wednesday 06 October 2004 18:21, Henry Devito wrote:
> Mathew, posting the software to the list is piracy and the person posting
> can & will be charged by Cisco.  I have seen this happen.  It is specific
> in the end user agreement.  Cisco can even charge the admins responsible
> for the list.  Cisco has no tolerance for piracy.  I worked for Cisco when
> I first got out of the military a few years ago, they have a whole division
> dedicated to tracking piracy.  The $10 plan you are speaking about is only
> good if you buy the phone from a reseller certified to sell cisco telephony
> or if you buy a certified refurb cisco product.  If you order the smartnet
> from CDW or any other reseller they are supposed to get the serial number
> of the phone and submit it to cisco.  If it then comes back as purchased
> from one of the above they will let you have the smartnet, If not they will
> cancel your order.  If the phone is not a new or certified refurb the
> reseller is supposed to sell you a different contract that ranges from $79
> to $125 depending on the phone.
>

Let me check I've got this right.
Smartnet is $10 if you by a new phone (through a reseller)
Smartnet is $100 (ish) is the phpne is 2nd hand (ie off ebay).

2nd hand 7960 approx $250
new 7960 approx $350

So assuming that you're going to do things legally, it's far cheaper to buy a 
new 7960 than get one of ebay - especially when you work on a 3 year write 
off.
Even with UK pricing I'd guess that it'd work out cheaper to buy new, although 
it's not quite a clear cut as in the US

~Join