From owner-freebsd-isp Thu Aug 1 12:47:31 1996 Return-Path: owner-isp Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id MAA03482 for isp-outgoing; Thu, 1 Aug 1996 12:47:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from etinc.com (etinc.com [204.141.244.98]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id MAA03477 for ; Thu, 1 Aug 1996 12:47:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dialup-usr11.etinc.com (dialup-usr11.etinc.com [204.141.95.132]) by etinc.com (8.6.12/8.6.9) with SMTP id PAA22656; Thu, 1 Aug 1996 15:51:32 -0400 Date: Thu, 1 Aug 1996 15:51:32 -0400 Message-Id: <199608011951.PAA22656@etinc.com> X-Sender: dennis@etinc.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Version 2.0.3 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: "Rodney W. Grimes" From: dennis@etinc.com (Dennis) Subject: Re: Question about Cisco 2503i price Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Sender: owner-isp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >> > Case+powersupply $75 (man, these are expensive compared to .de) >> >> What!? My _nice_ Enlight cases cost $65. I can get tin cans for $35. > >And the power supply in your Enlight cases has an MTBF of approx 5,000 >hours, or about 6 months continous use. The one in the $35.00 tin cans >are about the same. The failure mode is usually the fan bushing goes >out (no one selling power supplies for <$40.00 uses a ball bearing fan.) I'll bet there is..don't know who though :-) Does a 2501 have a ball-bearing fan? Given the taiwanese supplies have cheap fans....but it only takes about 5 minutes to swap them out once a year or so... I get dual-fan units for $70........Q1, off the shelf. > >You also appear to be buying at very very close to wholesale pricing... > So is the rest of the world. His prices are available at the corner store here......Anyone with an EIN can easily get those prices..... We sell complete FreeBSD systems (with dual port cards and dual fans) for less than the number Ulf quoted...... Dennis ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Emerging Technologies, Inc. http://www.etinc.com Synchronous Communications Cards and Routers For Discriminating Tastes. 56k to T1 and beyond. Frame Relay, PPP, HDLC, and X.25 for BSD/OS, FreeBSD and LINUX