[61321] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Cross-country shipping of large network/computer gear?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (nanog)
Wed Aug 27 22:25:42 2003
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2003 17:56:09 -0700
From: nanog <nanog@wjp.net>
To: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <20030828011204.GB19872@rayw.net>; from Ray Wong on Wed, Aug 27, 2003 at 06:12:04PM -0700
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
> I still fail to see why I would choose an organiztion with handles hundreds
> of times more packages, most weighing less and being less breakable than
> mine, over one with the specialized equipment to move it. An air cargo
> carrier with heavy-cargo equipment is still less likely to drop a pallet
> off a pallet jack than an express shipper with a handtruck. That their
> respective employees are equally lackadaisical doesn't mean all other
> factors have been equalized.
Fedex != Fedex Freight
I have had fedex "heavyweight" boxes trashed, but have never had an
issue with Fedex Freight. They show up with a liftgate or box truck,
and a pallet jack. If your load is not palletized, they put it on
one in the truck.
I think Fedex Freight is a bit more in the "heavy moving" industry
than Fedex, agreed.
bill
ps. Is this operational? :)
