[132777] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Cage nuts/rack hw near SAVVIS DC3 (Sterling VA)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joe Abley)
Wed Dec 1 10:57:13 2010
From: Joe Abley <jabley@hopcount.ca>
In-Reply-To: <20101201144818.GB70857@ussenterprise.ufp.org>
Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2010 10:56:59 -0500
To: Leo Bicknell <bicknell@ufp.org>
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On 2010-12-01, at 09:48, Leo Bicknell wrote:
> In a message written on Wed, Dec 01, 2010 at 06:43:25AM -0800, JC Dill =
wrote:
>> I really don't understand why someone hasn't put vending machines in=20=
>> every major colo around the world. We have vending machines that =
sell=20
>> ipods at the maul, we can certainly have a vending machine that sells=20=
>> rack nuts and screws, patch cables, tools, etc. at colos.
>=20
> 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.
Two notable places I've done site work where the colo vendor was happy =
to sell me such things were Terremark/NOTA in Miami and Global Switch in =
Amsterdam. But even in those cases there were times where I needed =
something outside normal office hours and couldn't find anybody to sell =
it to me. Vending machines have the advantage that they don't sleep.
Joe=
