You could try cross posting to UKNOG since BT use Huawei in their DSLAMs. http://lists.uknof.org.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uknof/ On 7 May 2015 21:18, "ML" <m...@kenweb.org> wrote:
> On 5/7/2015 2:25 PM, Daniel Corbe wrote: > >> Colton Conor <colton.co...@gmail.com> writes: >> >> The other thread about the Alcatel-Lucent routers has been pleasantly >>> delightful. Our organization used to believe that Juniper, Cisco, and >>> Brocade were the only true vendors for carrier grade routing, but now we >>> are going to throw Alcatel-Lucent into the mix. >>> >>> ZTE and Huawei, the big chinese vendors, have also been mentioned to us. >>> I >>> know there are large national security issues with using these vendors in >>> the US, but I know Level3 and other large American vendors use Huawei and >>> ZTE in their networks. >>> >>> How do their products perform? How are they compared to Cisco and Juniper >>> on the performance side of the house? Is their pricing really half or >>> less >>> of that of Cisco and Juniper? Is it worth using these vendors or not >>> worth >>> the hassle? >>> >> I don't know much about Huawei but be wary of ZTE's claims. They love >> their vendor lock-in. They have a bad habit of giving away hardware for >> next to nothing and then ratcheting up support costs. >> >> Opex needs to be a consideration when selecting an equipment vendor as >> well as capex. >> >> > 2nd hand information: > > Apparently the NMS for ZTE's GPON gear is an ugly contraption. > When upgrades are needed: > "we have to deploy a series of convuluted batch files" > "and it has to be installed in the directory that whatever they installed > it to in China" > "paths are hardcoded in the app" > > > Hopefully there is no crossover into ZTE's other products. > >
