On Thu, May 19, 2022 at 10:33 AM Jason Biel <ja...@biel-tech.com> wrote: > > Who's going to support that reflashed device? Certainly not the OEM vendor.
The oem ain't gonna support the resold device either. Yes, arguably, someone or someones doing a value add would have to be making money at it somehow. However, at least in my world, volunteers make the world round, still. It would kind of suck, I suppose, if someone unleashed a few hundred thousand reflashed routers like the TIP openwifi effort ( https://telecominfraproject.com/ ) seem to intent on doing... ... but if the OS is good enough to not need support, the impact is minimal. > > On Thu, May 19, 2022 at 10:30 AM Dave Taht <dave.t...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> 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 > > > > -- > Jason -- FQ World Domination pending: https://blog.cerowrt.org/post/state_of_fq_codel/ Dave Täht CEO, TekLibre, LLC