[173094] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Inevitable death, was Re: Verizon Public Policy on Netflix
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (George Herbert)
Tue Jul 15 21:48:41 2014
X-Original-To: nanog@nanog.org
From: George Herbert <george.herbert@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <201407160002.SAA15357@mail.lariat.net>
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2014 18:48:31 -0700
To: Brett Glass <nanog@brettglass.com>
Cc: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
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> On Jul 15, 2014, at 5:02 PM, Brett Glass <nanog@brettglass.com> wrote:
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> At 05:10 PM 7/15/2014, George Herbert wrote:
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>> Layer3 runs right through Laramie. With a redundant run slightly south. W=
hat conversations have you had with them?...
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> At first, Level3 completely refused us. Then, they quoted us a rate severa=
l times higher than either of our existing upstreams for bandwidth. Even at t=
hat price, they refused to let us link to them via wireless (requiring us to=
either buy easements or buy land adjacent to their building, which sits on r=
ented land).
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> --Brett Glass
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Local fiber provider? How does everyone else tie in to Layer3 in Laramie?
And, find a Layer3 reseller who can handle the cost problem. There are a bu=
nch. I can recommend one privately if you can't find one.
Buying retail markups from the vendor who wants to sell wholesale only does n=
ot scale.
George William Herbert
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