[c-nsp] Green Cisco

sthaug at nethelp.no sthaug at nethelp.no
Wed Nov 19 06:32:13 EST 2008


> > Cisco, a Green company. So why does every SFP come packaged in an oversize
> > plastic bag plus useless piece of paper?
> 
> I know others who ship SFPs in a 20x20x5 cm cardboard box, so when you 
> order 100 of them, you get a good part of a pallet of useless packing 
> material. At least I've seen cisco ship 20+ of those "oversize plastic 
> bags" in a single box that wasn't big at all.

Much better to purchase SFPs in larger quantities from a company that can
sell you nice flat trays of 20 SFPs or more. No individual packaging per
SFP. Price is better too :-)

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug at nethelp.no


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