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Cisco Australia is raising its prices by 12.83 per cent, making this the second such rise for the year after a March price increase of 12 per cent. The Register has seen emails from local resellers advising users to buy Cisco kit sooner rather than later, or pay more as of November 9th. Cisco Australia's confirmed the price …

  1. FozzyBear
    IT Angle

    And here I thought it was just another mindless cash grab from yet another company. My Mistake.

    If the weakening Aussie dollar is to blame can we expect a drop in price when the dollar regains it's strength against the greenback?.... Yeah thought not.

  2. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Ridiculously overpriced USD

    Everything priced in USD is affected -- and that is a lot of markets. A friend who is paid in USD has effectively received a 25% payraise.

  3. Griffo

    Only act quickly in one direction

    I've been in the channel for years and seen multiple Cisco price rises and drops.

    Funny though, when the $AUD goes up, it takes months if not years for Cisco to drop prices. The $$ go down, they react far far more quickly. As a sales org, the local sub is always happy to make more GP, but will cry like a stuck pig internally if the reverse happens. Not surprising really.

  4. Somone Unimportant

    Here we go again...

    Cisco, listen up.

    Your gear is good, your support isn't bad, and you may have set the standard for quite a lot of network stuff.

    But I've just had a 143% increase (yes, 143%) in maintenance for our Call Manager/UCCX system due to changes in the way that licenses are charged, effective September 15th. That was on top of a 14% increase back in March as part of the annual price gouge. And now you want to go and bump the prices up AGAIN?

    The actual amount of the increase is a substantial chunk of what I could put towards hosted telephony with hosted ACD/IVR.

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