[132775] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Cage nuts/rack hw near SAVVIS DC3 (Sterling VA)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Cat Okita)
Wed Dec 1 10:25:19 2010
Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2010 10:24:55 -0500 (EST)
From: Cat Okita <cat@reptiles.org>
To: Leo Bicknell <bicknell@ufp.org>
In-Reply-To: <20101201144818.GB70857@ussenterprise.ufp.org>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Reply-To: Cat Okita <cat@reptiles.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Wed, 1 Dec 2010, Leo Bicknell wrote:
> Every meeting I have with a colo provider I suggest this exact idea.
> Patch cables (cat5, single mode, multi-mode), fiber couplers, maybe
> even SFP's, velcro ties, a 10-in-1 screwdriver, etc.
I'd say skip the colo provider, and look for vending machine companies.
The colo provider's unlikely to go to the bother of digging up somebody
to provide the vending machines and contents, but seems likely to be
quite interested if the thing's provided to them as a package...
cheers!
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