Re: Any sign of supply chain returning to normal?

[Laura Smith via NANOG <nanog () nanog org>]

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On Friday, April 22nd, 2022 at 13:24, Drew Weaver <drew.weaver () thenap com> wrote:

> Has anyone seen any progress whatsoever on supply chain issues with networking hardware?

Nope.

Personally speaking I'm struggling on everything from simple Intel network cards to half-decent switches.

On the grapevine, I am hearing the same. I was, for example, talking to a rep from $major_IX ... he said they've got 
more than one customer with pending port connections due to lack of kit, and one customer told him some router card was 
not due til Q1 2023.

I think the reality is it's going to get bad before it gets better. There's probably an almighty backlog that needs to 
be processed before new orders reach the front of the queue.

On another grapevine I've heard the situation is, shall we say, not helped by the hyperscalers.  The hyperscalers are 
(allegedly) queue jumping using hard $$$ ... i.e. saying to vendors "I'll give you this chunky order in return for a 
place higher up the queue".  Vendors of course being vain beasts who don't care for much apart from next quarter's 
financial results are (allegedly) lapping up the "free" money.