[81336] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Battery Maint in LEC equipment
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alex Rubenstein)
Sun Jun 5 23:19:01 2005
Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2005 23:17:54 -0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)
From: Alex Rubenstein <alex@nac.net>
To: Jay Hennigan <jay@west.net>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0506052006210.14555@ohtf.fo.jrfg.arg>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
>> In NJ, Verizon, MFS, and Telcove all install batteries.
>>
>> We put them on our UPS and Genset anyway, however.
>
> The corollary to this question:
>
> If your data center has an adequate DC plant, will the carriers insist
> on installing their own batteries and rectifiers? And how many of them
> have redundant supplies to take advantage of an A and B feed from you?
In a new center we are currently building, Telcove has (happily) accepted
our A- and B- feed DC power. They were almost happy, it seemed, to not
have to worry about this.
> Typically, because they're the phone company, if you offer them DC,
> they'll insist on AC. If ou offer them AC, they'll want DC. And it
> seems that wherever you want the MPOE/drop they'll have some reason to
> install it as far away as possible. :-)
That only happens when you let them think. We don't. We (more or less)
say, "put your stuff here, or don't sell to us."
--
Alex Rubenstein, AR97, K2AHR, alex@nac.net, latency, Al Reuben
Net Access Corporation, 800-NET-ME-36, http://www.nac.net
