[150160] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Colo Vending Machine
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (George Herbert)
Fri Feb 17 20:01:19 2012
In-Reply-To: <EC276B04-1CBB-4B46-8611-B60145F69C8D@montco.net>
Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:00:17 -0800
From: George Herbert <george.herbert@gmail.com>
To: George Carey <george@montco.net>
Cc: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 1:44 PM, George Carey <george@montco.net> wrote:
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>> The vending machine should use a card like an ATM/gift card, not accept =
cash. =A0You should be able to "charge" the card with some cash via a web p=
ortal and keep the card in the facility in your space. =A0If something is n=
eeded, one can purchase it with the card. =A0If there is no money on the ca=
rd, a person can add cash to the card via a web portal somewhere. =A0 Scena=
rio: =A0remote hands guy arrives on site, needs an SFP, card doesn't have e=
nough money on it, calls me, I can add the cash to the card, he can purchas=
e the SFP and leave the card in the space for the next time it is needed.
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> Actually pricing should be 8 bits, 16 bits, or maybe 32 bits for the real=
ly important stuff.
Will IANA accept netblock transfers as an exchange medium for
datacenter goodies vending machine payments? ... ;-)
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-george william herbert
george.herbert@gmail.com
