[7395] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Internet vs. Telephone company
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Allan Chong)
Tue Feb 4 04:31:15 1997
Date: Tue, 04 Feb 1997 01:24:37 -0800
From: Allan Chong <allan@bellsouth.net>
To: William Allen Simpson <wsimpson@greendragon.com>
CC: nanog@merit.edu
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William Allen Simpson wrote:
> existing lines turned on anyway). They refuse to let us co-locate in
> the CO (they cannot find an official policy, and thus cannot allow
it).
>
Colocating in a CO is kinda difficult with good reason. They have to
engineer
power for you (and internet equipment draws a lot more power than
they're
used to) and the whole issue of access is difficult. Given that you're
not
internal or on their approved list, you'd probably have to be supervised
while in the CO. Even the interexchange carriers tend to
maintain a minimal amount of equipment in the CO and typically have an
adjacent building for their stuff.
There is just a whole lot of open card racks, large bundles of cable,
and other
stuff that you wouldn't want anyone wandering around near.
I know 2 people (at small companies) that have succeeded in getting
fiber
run out to their location and the lines broken off there It was about
half
a racks worth of telco equipment (locked) in their facility. It really
facilitated
local loop installation. You might want to pursue this.
allan
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<DT>William Allen Simpson wrote:<BR>
> existing lines turned on anyway). They refuse to let us co-locate
in<BR>
> the CO (they cannot find an official policy, and thus cannot allow
it).<BR>
> </DT>
<DT>Colocating in a CO is kinda difficult with good reason. They
have to engineer</DT>
<DT>power for you (and internet equipment draws a lot more power than they're</DT>
<DT>used to) and the whole issue of access is difficult. Given
that you're not</DT>
<DT>internal or on their approved list, you'd probably have to be supervised</DT>
<DT>while in the CO. Even the interexchange carriers tend to </DT>
<DT>maintain a minimal amount of equipment in the CO and typically have
an</DT>
<DT>adjacent building for their stuff.</DT>
<DT> </DT>
<DT>There is just a whole lot of open card racks, large bundles of cable,
and other </DT>
<DT>stuff that you wouldn't want anyone wandering around near.</DT>
<DT> </DT>
<DT> </DT>
<DT>I know 2 people (at small companies) that have succeeded in getting
fiber </DT>
<DT>run out to their location and the lines broken off there It was
about half</DT>
<DT>a racks worth of telco equipment (locked) in their facility.
It really facilitated </DT>
<DT>local loop installation. You might want to pursue this.</DT>
<DT> </DT>
<DT>allan</DT>
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