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- From: rob@ncc06.ct.louisville.edu (Rob Miracle)
- Subject: Re: Network Installation Times
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- Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 13:13:38 GMT
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- In article <1992Sep1.162439.8316@sci34hub.sci.com> gary@sci34hub.sci.com (Gary Heston) writes:
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- >>Here is the situation, you work for your University's Computing Department
- >>and you specify and install Local Area Networks. You meet with a department
- >>and determine that a LAN is needed. From the point that the department
- >>decides to purchase a LAN, how long does it take until you have the
- >>equipment installed and on premisis at the department site.
-
- >There's no set "install time" that applies to all LANs. I can install NetWare
- >3.11 on a preconfigured server, put cards in two PCs on a bench, and have
- >them talking in about an hour. However, it will take me a lot more than
-
- I'm sorry, I didn't make my self clear. I am looking for the bueracratic
- time involved, not the physical install. We can build a server and put a
- LAN together in a matter of hours. That is easy. I am talking about the
- time it takes from the moment the department commits to buy a LAN, until you
- arrive on site with parts. Right now, that is taking about 12 weeks in our
- system, most of which is tied to delivery (6 weeks on our current hub
- vendor). But we are interested in the time it takes orders to clear
- purchasing, get signed off on, get delivered etc.
-
- Thanks for your time.
-
- Rob
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