[133568] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Wholesale DSL implementation in Canada
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (TR Shaw)
Mon Dec 13 10:20:14 2010
From: TR Shaw <tshaw@oitc.com>
In-Reply-To: <BAY157-w517D4910BB33D06DF450A1A2120@phx.gbl>
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2010 10:20:00 -0500
To: James Smith <thepacketmaster@hotmail.com>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Dec 13, 2010, at 10:10 AM, James Smith wrote:
>=20
> We're looking at implementing a DSL private network in various =
provinces in Canada. There seems to be two main ways to do this: build =
the network yourself by creating relationships with the local DSL =
providers (Bell, Telus, MTS, etc) ; or build the network using a =
third-party that already has a DSL infrastructure in place. The =
third-party DSL infrastructure is a sure thing, since they've been doing =
it for a while. However, we're looking at a large number of locations =
so the cost of implementing the DSL internally seems to be more =
compelling.
>=20
> Not having implemented a DSL infrastructure before, I'm wondering if =
anyone on NANOG has any advice on this? What technical or political =
issues might we run into? What is the best choice of hardware? (Juniper =
or Cisco)? Feel free to contact me off-list if you'd prefer.
>=20
> James =20
James,
You need to be sure that there is DSL coverage everywhere you are =
looking at. Just as in rural and non metropolitan US there are lots of =
places in Canada not yet serviced by DSL because they are too far from a =
POP and/or the infrastructure is not up to snuff.
Tom
