-----Original Message-----
From: Jared Mauch [mailto:jared@puck.nether.net]
Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2001 1:50 AM
To: Daniel Golding
Cc: deepak@ai.net; Andre Gironda; Bill Carter; Cisco Puck
Subject: Re: [nsp] Ebay "Internet Router Problems"
On Sat, Jun 23, 2001 at 02:43:52PM -0400, Daniel Golding wrote:
> Yes, but I believe they generally require some sort of recertification.
> Perhaps the unit failed, or ebay never bothered to have to checked out.
>
> With all the second-hand equipment out there, the idea of building a large
> ISP using nothing but second-hand routers starts to be alluring... :)
At these prices you can afford to buy 1:1 spares :)
- jared
---Exactly, I thought that the only GOOD reason for not getting a Smartnet contract was that it was cheaper to buy entire spares than it was to buy the contracts on even a small number of production routers.
Deepak
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