[90115] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Local Loop Install.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Martin Hannigan)
Thu Apr 27 15:28:21 2006
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 15:27:41 -0400
To: rob@robsherrard.com, nanog@merit.edu
From: Martin Hannigan <hannigan@renesys.com>
In-Reply-To: <444FEEA3.40501@robsherrard.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
At 06:05 PM 4/26/2006, Robert Sherrard wrote:
>I've got an interesting question / situation...
>
>I've got a local loop provider that we're=20
>looking at using for some fiber connectivity.=20
>The long story is that there=92s no real great=20
>place for them to place their gear in the entire=20
>building, sort of paying rent to the landlord,=20
>placing gear in our suite, or placing gear in an=20
>uncontrolled room , i.e. no cooling, no=20
>controlled access. This =93local-loop=94 provider is=20
>asking to place this gear into our space=85 while=20
>this gear is to provide us with fiber=20
>connectivity back to a carrier hotel; they=92re=20
>also looking to service other tenants in our=20
>building. It is unrealistic to ask this provider=20
>for some sort of a kickback, or monthly discount=20
>on service? They=92re hitting us up for an install=20
>fee, maybe they could waive that? Anyone have=20
>some thoughts on this? Am I being unrealistic in=20
>thinking that, if they are going to profit by=20
>having gear in our space, we should expect to=20
>see a small return or favor? The only other=20
>option for them is to spend money and lease a=20
>small room, or modify an existing smaller room=20
>in the building to fit their needs.
It is not unrealistic to charge them a free for your space. The landlord=
will
charge them for conduit access to and throughout the building, they are=
going
to use your power, your facilities, etc. Carriers=20
don't put racks in collocation
for free. I'd have to know a lot more about your=20
building, their needs, etc., but
you should take it from here. Most definitely you should be paid.
-M<
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Martin Hannigan (c) 617-388-2663
Renesys Corporation (w) 617-395-8574
Member of Technical Staff Network Operations
hannigan@renesys.com =20
