I eventually managed to speak to the AM at Aruba. He explained that the buy-back amount is related to the supplier's cost/discount, so after I've made the purchase and submitted the old routers they then recalculate the payout based on what I'm submitting and the price the supplier made. This...
In Feb last year, we enquired with our supplier about changing out our ageing switches - we had 33 HP Procurves, a mix of 2520's, 2530's and 2 x 2920 L3's. The majority were 24 port, with 6 being 8 port. Aruba said we could do a trade-in. The cost of the new 6000 range replacements came to R540k...
So, it turns out, a new installation down the road caused us to be accidentally disconnected when they connected the new site. Sounds like the installers used the wrong pair maybe?
The problem comes when you apply to your ISP for connectivity, and on the quote they list Frogfoot as the connectivity provider. If you've never used FF, you're at the mercy of your ISP's relationship with FF...
We have a branch in JHB that is using Frogfoot as a cable provider (fiber). It went down on Monday and still hasn't been resolved. They've sent techies to site and it has been escalated up to "Layer 1" (whatever that means?). Apparently Layer 1 also don't know what's wrong - The link is hard...
We're looking at changing our VOIP SP and my 2 choices are either VOX or SAICOM. This change will include changing our fibre connections at all our branches too, so its a big project. What would you recommend or what are your experiences with either of these ISP's?