[5850] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Airplane crashing into Atlanta-NAP
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Todd Graham Lewis)
Mon Oct 28 13:10:42 1996
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 1996 12:53:57 -0500 (EST)
From: Todd Graham Lewis <lists@reflections.mindspring.com>
To: Michael Dillon <michael@memra.com>
cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.93.961026210326.29773A-100000@sidhe.memra.com>
On Sat, 26 Oct 1996, Michael Dillon wrote:
> The only joke here is that some people think that the Internet exchange in
> a city the size and importance of Atlanta can be adequately housed on the
> 5th story of an office building.
>
> I could understand it if Atlanta had 20 or 30 exchange points, but when
> there is only one exchange the city deserves better than a mickey-mouse
> 5th floor operation.
If anyone is interested in setting up an alternative Atlanta NAP, I have
a very spacious first-floor apartment which I am more than happy to
volunteer to the effort. It's even somewhat sunk below ground level, and
I think my neighbors wouldn't mind the occassional running of a generator.
I've already got 10MB/s, which puts the Northside-Circle-NAP on par with
MAE-NY, right?
499 Northside Circle
Apt 414
Atlanta, GA
Colo space is $49/month for the kitchen, $69 for the living room. In
light of the objections raised by Mr. Dillon, upstairs space (aka.,
"Todd's Bedroom") is cheaper at $29, and the shower can be yours for a
mere $19.95 per month!
Initial incoming bandwidth is 128k, meaning we're already faster than the
orig. NSF backbone!
Sign up now, space is very limited.
As for geographical diversity, a fellow engineer who lives about a
quarter-mile down the road just said he, too, has free rack space with a
similar setup. However, since his is a second-floor apartment, he's
going to undercut my pricing. Bastard!
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Todd Graham Lewis Linux! Core Engineering
Mindspring Enterprises tlewis@mindspring.com (800) 719 4664, x2804
