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Re: The questions stand

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Fraizer - Administrator)
Thu May 21 14:24:56 1998

Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 13:47:27 -0400
To: "Jay R. Ashworth" <jra@scfn.thpl.lib.fl.us>
From: John Fraizer - Administrator <John.Fraizer@EnterZone.Net>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu

At 09:43 AM 5/21/98 -0400, you wrote:
>Yes, John, I've been reading NANOG long enough to be aware that there
>are hundreds of ways to do it wrong.
>
>There are about a dozen ways to do it right, too.
>
>There are only about 40 ISPs in this area, OC-3 is probably overkill...
>not to mention whether it's actually _available_ reasonably, but you'll
>notice that's where I started.

You tell the telco what you're up to and they'll gladly provision you on
glass. It is much more cost effective for them than to provision (and
maintain) multiple copper circuits.



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