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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Hi Andrew,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Been buying these switches as TOR switches for the past 12 months – have 50 on hand of LB4M and LB6M variants.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">They are cheap but have been rock solid to date.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Don’t expect them to do any MPLS or anything too much, even though they do come (depending on supplier) with a
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Andrew Khoo<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, 10 December 2016 4:17 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Australian Network Operators Mailing List <ausnog@lists.ausnog.net><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [AusNOG] Low-cost 10GbE switches on ebay<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://m.ebay.com/itm/Dell-Quanta-LB6M-10GB-24-Port-SFP-Switch-QY139A-DPN-7G8R0-/222331105786?nav=SEARCH">http://m.ebay.com/itm/Dell-Quanta-LB6M-10GB-24-Port-SFP-Switch-QY139A-DPN-7G8R0-/222331105786?nav=SEARCH</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Various threads on various sites have indicated these might have come from US-EAST of similar...<o:p></o:p></p>
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