[68629] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: who offers cheap (personal) 1U colo?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Laurence F. Sheldon, Jr.)
Mon Mar 15 09:10:12 2004
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2004 08:09:31 -0600
From: "Laurence F. Sheldon, Jr." <LarrySheldon@cox.net>
To: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <40555A39.8030206@kdmd.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
Ken Diliberto wrote:
> Something else I just remembered:
>
> Connecting so much equipment in our dorms creates a fire hazard. The
> are only two or three outlets (what I've been told) in a room shared by
> two or three students. Add to the computer equipment a TV, stereo, DVD
> player, alarm clocks, cordless phones, etc., etc., etc. and you have the
> makings for newspaper headlines. Hasn't happened yet to my knowledge,
> but it could and students don't consider these things.
If you were willing to live in a place where an electrical overload
caused a fire (as opposed to tripping a circuit-breaker or blowing a
fuse), you have not correctly identified your worst problem, or the
the University's.
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