[43448] in North American Network Operators' Group
OT: PHB Wants Information-- Not Available?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Allan Carscaddon)
Thu Oct 11 17:28:25 2001
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Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 17:26:03 -0400
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From: Allan Carscaddon <allan@carscaddon.com>
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Sorry to bother everyone, but I'm trying to save colleagues from being
pointlessly flogged by a PHB. The PHB in question has assigned some junior
staffers to find out, and I quote, "The market share of providers in Frame
Relay and ATM, by state, by provider." My colleagues have been trying--
they even got up the nerve to bother me-- but there doesn't seem to be any
resource paid or free that can give them this information.
Their desperation is moving enough (there have been some layoffs here) that
I am willing to bother NANOG with off-topic drivel such as this:
Do any of you know if there is a source out there that has this kind of
information? The PHB is willing to pay, so if you know of even a paid
information source out there, it will suffice.
One proxy that I thought of, although this information is also (apparently)
not available, would be to know where frame and ATM equipment is
deployed. Similar information is available for voice services in COs-- is
there anything available for frame/ATM like in the voice world? I'm
thinking of the various places to get details on what services are offered
from which COs for voice and DSL-- I think that the (relatively)
non-tariffed nature of these services means that this would not be available.
If there is no way to get this data, that is fine-- I'd like to know this
so that I can tell PHB and provide some cover/relief to my colleagues.
Thanks in advance, and sorry for the off-topicness,
Allan
