[102494] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: What is being 'ON NET' good for these days?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jon Lewis)
Mon Feb 18 09:12:04 2008
Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2008 09:11:02 -0500 (EST)
From: Jon Lewis <jlewis@lewis.org>
To: William Herrin <herrin-nanog@dirtside.com>
cc: Drew Weaver <drew.weaver@thenap.com>, "nanog@merit.edu" <nanog@merit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <3c3e3fca0802180550y2d439c6ap1ca3a94b9d3155a1@mail.gmail.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
On Mon, 18 Feb 2008, William Herrin wrote:
> "On Net" is like "Tier 1." It has devolved into marketspeak that
> doesn't mean very much. In your case it seems to mean that you can
> connect with that particular carrier without first purchasing an ILEC
> local loop. This is mildly helpful, but only mildly.
>
> What it sounds like you're looking for is a "carrier neutral" data
> center where you can connect with multiple providers and peers. The
> Equinixes and Switch and Datas of the world fill this niche.
It sounds to me like he wants transport to one of those sorts of places,
and either his "on-net" providers are unwilling to provide that, or he
hasn't asked them properly for it.
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