I've only ordered in bulk from ecablemart - if you're buying something like twenty of each item they're 15% cheaper than fiberstore.
their blue armored 9/125 patch cables are a real life saver in busy, not very well organized colocation environments where somebody might snag or damage your crossconnect in overhead cable trays: http://www.ecablemart.com/pdf/?p=armored-patch-cord the diameter is still small enough that nobody complains about their size vs regular patch cables. On Mon, Mar 7, 2016 at 8:30 PM, Sterling Jacobson <[email protected]> wrote: > Fiberstore is apparently cheaper for a lot of the LC to LC cables I just > ordered. Like half the price of ecablemart. > > > > > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Josh Reynolds > *Sent:* Monday, March 7, 2016 7:24 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Issues with newest batch of Mikrotik SFPs > S-53LC20Dand S-35LC20D? > > > > Resources, labor cost, industry around it. > > Lots of rare earth metals that exist in that region of the world. Low > labor cost compared to the US. > > On Mar 7, 2016 7:57 PM, "David Milholen" <[email protected]> wrote: > > My question why isnt America making this kind of stuff?? Why does china > get all the street cred? > > Rant: America has become immersed in how lazy we can be in my opinion. > > > > On 3/7/2016 5:33 PM, Eric Kuhnke wrote: > > the one thing that fiberstore does *not* have the best prices on is fiber > patch cables... if you're buying a lot of LC-LC, SC-LC, SC-SC duplex 9/125 > for in building cross connects, and patch cables in bulk from 0.2 meters up > to 30 meters in length, you will see much better prices from > www.ecablemart.com and other chinese cable vendors. Also better prices > for things like SC, LC bulkheads and patch panels. > > > > On Mon, Mar 7, 2016 at 3:01 PM, Erich Kaiser <[email protected]> > wrote: > > We have bought a few dozen 10G and 1G optics and they work great. I am > impressed with their packaging. As George said, if you have the time, FS > is the way to go, although they have been much quicker on turning them > around lately. > > > > > Erich Kaiser > > North Central Tower > > [email protected] > > Office: 630-621-4804 > > Cell: 630-777-9291 > > > > > > On Mon, Mar 7, 2016 at 4:53 PM, George Skorup <[email protected]> wrote: > > We bought some 20km 1G modules from FS.com. Shipped fast. No problem with > them. They are identical to the MT modules. So why should I buy from MT for > 3X the cost? Unless I need it like now, and Baltic has them, then we can > swing by and pick them up. > > On 3/7/2016 3:53 PM, Josh Baird wrote: > > I have been buying a lot from Fiberstore. They have been great, and > shipping is cheap and fast (somehow). > > > > On Mon, Mar 7, 2016 at 4:49 PM, Joe Novak <[email protected]> wrote: > > I recently just purchased from Fiberstore.com... what is the public > reception of them? I am still a little hesitant but I'd feel a lot better > if I was not the only one. > > > > On Mon, Mar 7, 2016 at 3:46 PM, Sterling Jacobson <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Same guys? They will take paypal, but then they have to pay for it. > > > > I don’t like them to pay for PayPal, so I just wire. > > > > Most times it costs me about $10 vs. their PayPal fee of over $100 dollars. > > > > I’m nice J > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Chuck McCown > *Sent:* Monday, March 7, 2016 2:22 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Issues with newest batch of Mikrotik SFPs > S-53LC20Dand S-35LC20D? > > > > I recently got some stuff from China and they took PayPal. > > Nice. No trip to the bank. > > > > *From:* Sterling Jacobson <[email protected]> > > *Sent:* Monday, March 07, 2016 2:20 PM > > *To:* [email protected] > > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Issues with newest batch of Mikrotik SFPs > S-53LC20Dand S-35LC20D? > > > > Don’t buy those. > > > > Get same/better units from fiberstore.com. > > > > In quantity I have a direct company in china I order from also, but you > must wire transfer funds. > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On > Behalf Of *Sam Kirsch > *Sent:* Monday, March 7, 2016 2:09 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [AFMUG] Issues with newest batch of Mikrotik SFPs S-53LC20D > and S-35LC20D? > > > > I'm curious if anyone has ordered any newer batches of these products. > This is the second change we've seen in the case of the SFP. All the units > from then newest batch seem to have trouble linking to the FTC Media > Converter or to 2011s, Cloud Core products seem to link together just fine > over shorter distances. > > > > We're wondering if we just happened to get two 10-packs that have gone bad > or if anyone else has seen any issues with newer SFPs? > > > > *-- Samuel Kirsch, Network Support* > > * Plexicomm - Internet Solutions | www.plexicomm.net > <http://www.plexicomm.net> Office: 1.866.759.4678 x109 > <1.866.759.4678%20x109> | Fax: 1.866.852.4688 <1.866.852.4688>* > > *Emergency Support: 1.866.759.9713 <1.866.759.9713> | [email protected] > <[email protected]>* > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > >
