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jeremy at mojohost

Nov 23, 2009, 7:39 AM

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Anyone seeing excessive shipping delays on ASR1006 and Catalyst 4500 series equipment?

Hey Group,

Has anyone recently been seeing unusual/extended delivery dates being provided on Cisco ASR1000 series or Catalyst 4500 gear? We've had some sizable orders in place since July and we keep getting the ship date extended out each time it approaches. Currently, shipping estimates are out yet another month, bringing this to a 4-5 month wait (should the latest estimate actually come in when promised).

I know the ASR line is relatively new, but the 45K is a 'commodity' product at this point, so we were not expecting these kind of lead times and now have several projects in jepoardy as a result.

The word we are getting from our VAR and Cisco directly is that they had spun down some manufacturing plants based on the economic downturn and its taking them some time to ramp things back up to satify a stronger than expected order cycle. While I guess this sounds plausible, I have no real way of knowing if its just a line or not.

My question for the group is, has anyone recently received any new ASR1000 or Catalyst 4500 series equipment, and if so, how long was your wait? Anyone have items on order and receiving word that it take longer than usual to ship?

Feedback is very appreciated.

Thanks,

-Jeremy

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jmplank at gmail

Nov 23, 2009, 9:24 AM

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Re: Anyone seeing excessive shipping delays on ASR1006 and Catalyst 4500 series equipment? [In reply to]

We have seen the same type of delays. Make enough noise and assuming
you are "important" enough it may help you.

On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 10:39 AM, Jeremy Reid <jeremy [at] mojohost> wrote:
> Hey Group,
>
> Has anyone recently been seeing unusual/extended delivery dates being provided on Cisco ASR1000 series or Catalyst 4500 gear? We've had some sizable orders in place since July and we keep getting the ship date extended out each time it approaches. Currently, shipping estimates are out yet another month, bringing this to a 4-5 month wait (should the latest estimate actually come in when promised).
>
> I know the ASR line is relatively new, but the 45K is a 'commodity' product at this point, so we were not expecting these kind of lead times and now have several projects in jepoardy as a result.
>
> The word we are getting from our VAR and Cisco directly is that they had spun down some manufacturing plants based on the economic downturn and its taking them some time to ramp things back up to satify a stronger than expected order cycle. While I guess this sounds plausible, I have no real way of knowing if its just a line or not.
>
> My question for the group is, has anyone recently received any new ASR1000 or Catalyst 4500 series equipment, and if so, how long was your wait? Anyone have items on order and receiving word that it take longer than usual to ship?
>
> Feedback is very appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Jeremy
>
>
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> Jeremy Reid
> Network Engineer, MojoHost
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justin at justinshore

Nov 23, 2009, 7:55 PM

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Re: Anyone seeing excessive shipping delays on ASR1006 and Catalyst 4500 series equipment? [In reply to]

Jeremy Reid wrote:
> Hey Group,
>
> Has anyone recently been seeing unusual/extended delivery dates being provided on Cisco ASR1000 series or Catalyst 4500 gear? We've had some sizable orders in place since July and we keep getting the ship date extended out each time it approaches. Currently, shipping estimates are out yet another month, bringing this to a 4-5 month wait (should the latest estimate actually come in when promised).

I have a 1002 on order. The shipping ETA was set at 2.5 months from my
order date. We have to have it in hand this calendar year though. If
it doesn't ship by 12/31 we're canceling it. We also ordered a 4948.
It was set at nearly 4 months. Same thing with it. It either gets here
in 2009 or it gets canceled. That's the downside of buying direct.
There isn't a distribution buffer in the middle to stock up and deliver
from stock. When you place an order for something like an ASR they give
the order to manufacturing (heard this from our AM). Other items like a
4948 or ISR are filled as available. Call you AM and make big waves.
Research other vendor's options and mention them when you call. Makes
the waves a bit bigger.

Good luck
Justin

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