On Thu, May 19, 2022 at 9:07 AM NetEquity Sales <sa...@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. > > > > Cory J. Andrews > ++++++++++++++ > NetEquity.com (Formerly CiscoBuy.com) > 4519 Northgate Court > Sarasota, FL 34234 > ++++++++++++++ > TF/FAX 877.582.4726 > E - sa...@netequity.com > > On Thu, May 19, 2022, 9:48 AM Josh Luthman <j...@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.t...@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 -- FQ World Domination pending: https://blog.cerowrt.org/post/state_of_fq_codel/ Dave Täht CEO, TekLibre, LLC
