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On Wed, 27 Aug 2003, Leo Bicknell wrote: > > I'm not sure if any of them are here, or if they would make their > info known...but I'm sure vendors have some good data. I know > Cisco's online ordering tool has about a bazillion (and yes, that's > the right term) shippers, and I'm sure they track the number of > problems reported. No doubt other vendors do as well. Certainly, with 4.7 BILLION in revnue last quarter (http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/030805/55780_1.html), they must have significant relationships with specific shippers to generate real data. The only objection I can think of is if you are a shipper doing *that much* business with a single company, how much extra care are you going to give boxes with some guy connecting a circuit on the front of them? How much care are you going to give everyone else? It still comes down to human nature and the luck of thd draw unless you are a major part of the shippers revenues and this has been driven into your head? andy -- PGP Key Available at http://www.tigerteam.net/andy/pgp
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