[100747] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Getting DSL at your datacenter for OOB
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (chuck goolsbee)
Wed Nov 7 16:50:41 2007
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Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 13:47:48 -0800
To: nanog@merit.edu
From: chuck goolsbee <chucklist@forest.net>
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>We've been trying to get DSL (instead of dial-up via a POTS line) at
>our datacenters for out-of-band access.
We tried here (Intergate.Seattle in Tukwila) and came up empty also,
fell back on POTS.
Have you thought about just getting IP from other providers in the building?
I thought it would be cool to start up a little co-op in our building
of copper cross-connects between various providers STRICTLY for OOB
network access. No sales involved, no revenue, strictly butt-saving
OOB access. I was actually getting traction until one ... for lack of
a better term "party pooper"... put the kibosh on the whole thing and
ripped all the wiring out before we had finished.
Several of us thought it was a fine idea. I imagine it *could* work
in certain buildings/environments with more enlightened facilities
and technical people around.
(just sharing the thought out there in case anyone decides to run with it)
--chuck
