[61282] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Cross-country shipping of large network/computer gear?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jay Hennigan)
Wed Aug 27 14:38:24 2003
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2003 11:37:46 -0700 (PDT)
From: Jay Hennigan <jay@west.net>
To: Matthew Zito <mzito@gridapp.com>
Cc: Nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <00d001c36cc7$c25ecbb0$6401640a@mzito>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
On Wed, 27 Aug 2003, Matthew Zito wrote:
> I was wondering if anyone could provide any advice or suggestions on
> shipping heavy/bulky equipment (~300 pounds, about a half-rack worth of
> gear) on short notice cross-country? We're obviously looking to minimize
> cost, but realistically it can't be in transit for more than two days. Are
> there any companies or methods people would recommend? Thanks in advance
> for the help.
FedEx, or Forward Air.
FedEx - Door-to-door, reliable, easy to do business with.
Forward Air - Terminal to terminal. You deliver it to their facility near
an airport, they deliver it to a terminal near the destination airport.
This means that you need guys and a truck at both ends. A bit more trouble
than FedEx to do business with. You'll typically need to palletize your
gear.
http://www.fedex.com/
http://www.forwardair.com/
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