Cisco do still offer this and they charge you for it - it gets routed via Holland.
On 20/01/2014 15:43, "Keith Mitchell" <[email protected]> wrote: >On 01/20/2014 09:36 AM, Nigel Titley wrote: >> On 20/01/2014 14:26, Paul Sladen wrote: >>> On Mon, 20 Jan 2014, Emma Frost wrote: >>>> We (as in the Internet Society) are trying to donate some >>>> routers >>> By any chance, would it be this one? >>> >>> "His Excellency Dr. Talal Abu-Ghazaleh, Chairman of ASREN >>> recognizes the donation of the Internet Society and Cisco >>> systems..." >>> >>>http://www.asrenorg.net/media/news/338-abu-ghazaleh-recognized-the-donat >>>ion-of-isoc-and-cisco-systems-for-asren-pop-in-london.html >>> >>> It doesn't mention the actual kit involved, but could be it that the >>> equipment are demo/sample/prototypes that Cisco no longer require. > >We had a similar issue with significant Cisco donations for F-root at >ISC. What Cisco managed to do once, but we never quite figured out how >to get repeated, was to have them ship the goods *internally* (i.e. >while still Cisco property) to the relevant country through their >channels, and have the donation transacted in-country. I don't think the >Internet usual suspect who arranged this works for Cisco anymore, however. > >Keith >
