On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 03:31:40PM +0200, Colin Alston wrote: > Circuits seems worse, but they also don't seem to track their CPE at > all. We have boxes full of various teleco CPE, including some Cisco 800 > and 1600 routers. I guess it costs more than it's worth to recover it, > but the irritating thing is we have to hold it "incase" they ever ask > for it.
Well, SOME of that is a deliberate decision. I mean, equipment is expected to have a useful life and then either fail or be obsolete. Some custsomers can carry a contract 4 or 5 years. At that point, the equipment they had may well not be in use anywhere else on the network. There's not much point in reclaiming equipment you can't use and can't get a decent value for through the various disposal channels. But yeah, ISPs and telcos as well are generally horrible about reclaiming property. --- Wayne Bouchard w...@typo.org Network Dude http://www.typo.org/~web/
