Originally Posted by TimIgoe

Over subscribed areas need new hardware to fix the problem - why put 'old' new equipment in when they know they'll be pulling in 'new' new equipment very soon - patch up the problem as a short term solution while they sort out the main problem by upgrading the whole network - sounds like a better answer ini the long term to me.

I'd certainly rather they went down that line, rather than upgrade twice - possibly cause downtime twice while work is carried out, and potentially need to charge us more for the extra hardware (that would become redundant fast as people are moved to the new hardware)