On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 01:59:54PM -0400, Tim Sanderson wrote:
2.5K? No way. Get used or refurbished from Network Hardware or similar outlet. We rarely buy new. Used gear works just fine.
Indeed. I just had to put my hands on my GBICs and a module for a 4200vl on short notice, and conveniently, Network Liquidators is about 30 miles from me. The sales rep, with the unlikely name of Bill Billings (which isn't as unusual, admittedly, as Courtney Courtney), was quite helpful and almost unreasonably solicitous. I don't actually know: is $200 for a new aftermarket multimode GBIC a deal? :-) Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink jra@baylink.com Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://baylink.pitas.com '87 e24 St Petersburg FL USA http://photo.imageinc.us +1 727 647 1274 Those who cast the vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything. -- (Josef Stalin)