Re: Any sign of supply chain returning to normal?

[Dave Taht <dave.taht () gmail com>]

On Thu, May 19, 2022 at 9:07 AM NetEquity Sales <sales () netequity com> wrote:
> As someone who works within the "secondary market" for networking hardware, there is a ton of demand spilling over 
> into the "pre-owned/vendor refurbished" market.

I just wish there were people putting in a value-add, like reflashing
with better software, first.

> Market prices on pre-owned equipment are rapidly increasing in step with increased demand and dwindling supply.
>
> Market prices on 1G - 10G switching products, wireless infrastructure devices, etc have been rising precipitously. 
> Even semi "legacy" stuff going back 2-3 generations (EOL/EOS) from current gen have doubled, tripled, even quadrupled 
> in price.
>
> I've been involved in the hardware business for 20 years and the current market landscape is unprecedented.
>
>
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> On Thu, May 19, 2022, 9:48 AM Josh Luthman <josh () imaginenetworksllc com> wrote:
> > I'd bet it's cheaper and easier to quantify new hardware than software.  Labor was super expensive and now it is 
> > ready to implode.
> >
> > On Thu, May 19, 2022 at 9:27 AM Dave Taht <dave.taht () gmail com> wrote:
> > > As I've been saying for a while, instead of buying new kit, perhaps we
> > > could spend some time on getting better software onto our older kit?
> > > Getting stuff to multiplex better, be more reliable, last longer?
> > >
> > > It isn't just me wanting to upgrade a billion+ routers with existing
> > > crappy software to openwrt, is it?
> > >
> > > https://docs.google.com/document/d/1T21on7g1MqQZoK91epUdxLYFGdtyLRgBat0VXoC9e3I/edit



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