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Re: Cross-country shipping of large network/computer gear?
From: Andy Walden <andy () tigerteam net>
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2003 20:42:21 -0500 (CDT)
On Wed, 27 Aug 2003, Leo Bicknell wrote:
I'm not sure if any of them are here, or if they would make their info known...but I'm sure vendors have some good data. I know Cisco's online ordering tool has about a bazillion (and yes, that's the right term) shippers, and I'm sure they track the number of problems reported. No doubt other vendors do as well.
Certainly, with 4.7 BILLION in revnue last quarter (http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/030805/55780_1.html), they must have significant relationships with specific shippers to generate real data. The only objection I can think of is if you are a shipper doing *that much* business with a single company, how much extra care are you going to give boxes with some guy connecting a circuit on the front of them? How much care are you going to give everyone else? It still comes down to human nature and the luck of thd draw unless you are a major part of the shippers revenues and this has been driven into your head? andy -- PGP Key Available at http://www.tigerteam.net/andy/pgp
Current thread:
- Re: Cross-country shipping of large network/computer gear?, (continued)
- Re: Cross-country shipping of large network/computer gear? JC Dill (Aug 27)
- Re: Cross-country shipping of large network/computer gear? N. Richard Solis (Aug 28)
- Re: Cross-country shipping of large network/computer gear? Robert E. Seastrom (Aug 28)
- Re: Cross-country shipping of large network/computer gear? Jay Hennigan (Aug 27)
- RE: Cross-country shipping of large network/computer gear? Deepak Jain (Aug 27)
- Re: Cross-country shipping of large network/computer gear? chuck goolsbee (Aug 27)
- RE: Cross-country shipping of large network/computer gear? Christopher Bird (Aug 27)
- RE: Cross-country shipping of large network/computer gear? Matthew Zito (Aug 27)
- Re: Cross-country shipping of large network/computer gear? Gabriel (Aug 27)
- Re: Cross-country shipping of large network/computer gear? Leo Bicknell (Aug 27)
- Re: Cross-country shipping of large network/computer gear? Andy Walden (Aug 27)
- Re: Cross-country shipping of large network/computer gear? Mark Radabaugh (Aug 27)
- RE: Cross-country shipping of large network/computer gear? Temkin, David (Aug 27)
- Re: Cross-country shipping of large network/computer gear? Mehmet Akcin (Aug 27)
- RE: Cross-country shipping of large network/computer gear? Jim Deleskie (Aug 27)
- RE: Cross-country shipping of large network/computer gear? JC Dill (Aug 27)
- Re: Cross-country shipping of large network/computer gear? Brian Dickson (Aug 28)