Alternative Cisco provider MULTI-LINK Communications Products (MLCP) just slashed prices on several popular Cisco networking hardware components including the WS-X6748-GE-TX in the highly regarded 6500 Series. The price reductions came after the leading alternative Cisco provider secured a large inventory of new and pre-owned components from a company that was going out of business. “We maintain a huge inventory of Cisco routers, switches, transceivers, you name it,” explains Eric Tanaka, President of MLCP. “It’s rare that we secure so many new components that we have to actually worry about where we can warehouse them. In this case, we had so much coming in that we had no choice but to do everything we could to move some of the products as quickly as we could.”
The Cisco WS-X6748-GE-TX, or Catalyst 6500 Series 48-Port 10/100/1000 RJ-45 Cisco Express Forwarding 720 Interface Module, was designed for service provider and enterprise distribution, data-center, and Web-hosting apps that do not require voice capability. The product is field-upgradable with the addition of the optional distributed forwarding daughter card allowing it to support distributed forwarding. Designed for high-performance enterprise and service provider distribution, core layers, data-center, and Web-hosting applications where voice capability is not required, the WS-X6748-GE-TX is compatible with Supervisor Engine 720, and utilizes the central Cisco Express Forwarding engine which is located on the supervisor engine. The Cisco WS-X6748-GE-TX connects to the switch-fabric channels by utilizing two 20 Gbps switch-fabric channels (for a total of 40 Gbps). “It’s an incredibly reliable, scalable switch,” says Ryan Jensen of Thinking Grove, Inc., a company that just upgraded much of its hardware through MLCP earlier this month. “You can’t go wrong with Cisco. And with MLCP’s prices, we saved at least thirty thousand dollars or more in our upgrade so I guess you could say you can’t go wrong with MULTI-LINK either.”
“This item is a case study of how our business, and our market works,” explains Tanaka. It’s 100 percent supply and demand. Twelve months ago, [the price was] where it is now and over the last year it’s gone all the way up to $ 8500, and now – again – it’s back down to about $5,000. We were quoting $7,500 as recently as March!” Inventory space is limited so when the supply of a certain product is significantly increased due to an acquisition of inventory, customers reap the benefits by paying less. In this case, the WS-X6748-GE-TX is being offered by MLCP for 67% less than the manufacturer’s price. But that’s not the only special. Several router models are also marked down for quick sale including Ethernet models with PoE in the 2800 Series and 3800 Series which are 84% off the manufacturer’s price and retailing for less than $1,000. “We need to get the word out to our customers and potential new customers that if they’ve been considering upgrading their hardware, now is a terrific time to do it,” Tanaka says. “We always save our customers money, but right now, we can save them even more.”
Since 1995, MULTI-LINK Communications has been a reliable supplier of network hardware and equipment from Cisco and other companies like Juniper, Foundry, and many more. The company buys used equipment for generous trade-in credit or cash, and sells both new and refurbished equipment at discount prices. Whether you need to replace a simple network cable, or upgrade to an entirely new network with higher-performing Cisco routers, start and end your search with MLCP.