Thanks Robert,

John

--- Robert Young <rwyoung@ieee.org> wrote:

> 
> > 
> > how is the pricing from 4pcb?
> > 
> > John
> > 
> 
> I've never been all that impressed with Advanced
> Circuits pricing.  They
> have good quality but their setup fees on prototypes
> (other than
> barebones.com stuff) can be pretty steep.  Their $33
> is a good deal if
> you need 2 layers.
> 
> Look at www.pcbexpress.com.  Reasonable for
> prototype quantities in most
> cases.
> 
> And www.pcbpro.com for > 100 pcs.
> 
> But I generally shop the boards around between
> several companies before
> I order.  Sometimes one will have a special or free
> shipping.  A phone
> call to a real person has helped in the past get me
> a little bit better
> pricing than the web quotes.
> 
> Also used www.e-teknet.com for an order with a large
> piece count.  They
> had the best price however something like 2 boards
> out of the batch
> (500) had to be scrapped because of overetching. 
> They were supposed to
> be electrically tested but the trace was clearly
> gone (overetched) and
> they still passed the board.  I think these guys
> collect orders and then
> re-circulate them to overseas fab houses.  Otherwise
> they were of good
> quality and didn't charge a premium for red
> soldermask and 2oz copper.  
> 
> www.pcbfabexpress.com sometimes has good deals but
> their quality and
> fabrication rules might be a bit restrictive if you
> have fine line
> details or very small pitch SMTs.  
> 
> There are two or three others that I've used in the
> last year but right
> now but only once.  The above are all repeats and so
> I think I have a
> better feel for what to expect.
> 
> Rob 
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