Cage nuts/rack hw near SAVVIS DC3 (Sterling VA)

[tme at americafree.tv (Marshall Eubanks)]

On Dec 1, 2010, at 9:43 AM, JC Dill wrote:

> On 30/11/10 5:32 AM, Christopher J. Pilkington wrote:
>> Anyone know where I can buy cage nuts and rack screws locally
>> near SAVVIS DC3 in Sterling, VA?  They don't seem to have a
>> local supply here, and somehow the racks we bought came with
>> a 2:1 screw:nuts ratio.
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> I really don't understand why someone hasn't put vending machines in every major colo around the world.  We have vending machines that sell ipods at the maul, we can certainly have a vending machine that sells rack nuts and screws, patch cables, tools, etc. at colos.
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I had that idea back in 2003, after getting very frustrated late one Saturday evening because I didn't have something like cage nuts, and actually tried
to interest the management of Switch and Data into doing it, but it went nowhere.

I am sure I was not the first here...

Regards
Marshall 


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