[159996] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Muni network ownership and the Fourth
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Owen DeLong)
Wed Jan 30 01:09:27 2013
From: Owen DeLong <owen@delong.com>
In-Reply-To: <20130130041023.GA57780@ussenterprise.ufp.org>
Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2013 22:08:09 -0800
To: Leo Bicknell <bicknell@ufp.org>
Cc: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
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> That's why I think rather than having the muni run colo (which may
> fill), they should just allow providers to drop in their own fiber
> cables, and run a fiber patch only room. There could then be hundreds
> of private colo providers in a 1km radius of the fiber MMR, generating
> lots of competition for the space/power side of the equation. If one
> fills up, someone will build another, and it need not be on the same
> square of land....
>
The two options are not mutually exclusive. Nothing precludes bringing
additional fiber in where that makes sense even if you have an on-site
colo facility.
Owen
