The last time the cisco repair company came and inspected out system, they advised us that they were having trouble finding new cisco parts. They would only be able to promise us new parts for about another six months and then they would probably only be able to supply us with used cisco parts.

My boss was not worried, he had done some checking on the internet and found numerous cisco repair companies that had stocked up on new parts and had also compiled a big assortment of used cisco parts as well. I told the cisco repair company this, and they told me that they knew there were companies that had prepared for just this thing, but they were not one of them.

I guess that the repair company was in talks to merge with another cisco repair company that had better prepared for the event of the parts to be hard to find. I hoped that they made the deal soon, or my boss was going to look for someone who he knew could perform the repairs he needed in the future. I was hoping for the little guy to come out on top on this one, which was a long shot.