[132778] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Cage nuts/rack hw near SAVVIS DC3 (Sterling VA)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Christopher Morrow)
Wed Dec 1 11:26:19 2010
In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1012011023280.13945@iguana.reptiles.org>
Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2010 11:26:09 -0500
From: Christopher Morrow <morrowc.lists@gmail.com>
To: Cat Okita <cat@reptiles.org>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 10:24 AM, Cat Okita <cat@reptiles.org> wrote:
> 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...
the colo provider may not want to 'waste' electricity/cooling on a
vending machine...
-chris
