On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 4:09 PM, Jay Ashworth <j...@baylink.com> wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Aled Morris" <al...@qix.co.uk> > >> On 17 February 2012 18:43, Eric Tykwinski <eric-l...@truenet.com> >> wrote: >> >> > +1 for GBICs, SFPs > >> You'll need to be carrying a lot of loose change then :-) > > In fact, vending machines with builtin card readers and radio credit card > validation are stock items these days.
I was informed just a bit ago that one of the Equinix datacenters in the SF Bay Area that I haven't been in to yet in fact has an old coke machine that someone set up with a credit card reader and, among other things, it apparently dispenses GBICs. This could be someone playing a game of radio from the conversation here, but he's not on NANOG (or so he says). -- -george william herbert george.herb...@gmail.com