David. I am on an evening shift and am just now reading this thread.
I was almost tempted to write an explanation that would have had
identical content with yours based simply on Level3 doing something and
keeping the information close.
Responsible Vendors do not try to hide what is being
I have seen the sixty or so messages about this and have marveled how
many can major on the minutia and ignore the obvious which Brielle
brings out.
First, Ethernet connectors have changed - Thicknet (RG8) with
transceiver cables, thinnet, and now CAT series cables. Yep, I have
bored in the
Steve, something I hadn't thought about is the fiber mess. I see that in
other areas as I mentioned in another answer.
In the fiber world it is a continuous
issue of hybrid patch cords dealing with ST,SC,LC and all the other
variants out there. It would be a huge nightmare if the same thing
Because MA Bell is still alive and well and they still use them. They
have divine right to provide phone service, didn't you know?
Ralph Brandt
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From: Michael Thomas [mailto:m...@mtcc.com]
Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2012 1:20 PM
To: NANOG list
Subject: why haven't
Love those friction fit connectors till they loosen and fall out
Ralph Brandt
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From: Tom Morris [mailto:bluen...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2012 1:34 PM
To: Michael Thomas
Cc: NANOG list
Subject: Re: why haven't ethernet connectors changed?
I'm
I have read a little of this BS thread.
1) I have been maintaining a network for 12 years.
2) I am and have been since Feb 1965 a programmer.
Anyone who bashes either group has a problem.
First, at one time programmers knew bits, bytes, opcodes, machine codes
etc. I have written close to
Note the EATON Press release. Maybe the burn on the bench is the way
they get to the California energy reduction Standards? If it isn't
working it isn't using power.
Date: 23 October 2012
Latest Eaton Thought Leadership White Paper Provides Technical Analysis
of Eaton's Energy Saver System
I will bet that will bet that within 48 hours of you checking and
posting this the problem will mysteriously go away.
Ralph Brandt
Mechanicsburg PA 17055
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From: Bryn Sadler [mailto:bryn.sad...@essensys.co.uk]
Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2012 9:02 AM
To:
The misconfiguration cost is usually not calculable in itself. But I
think the more important issue is, How do we prevent it? I would
spend more time on prevention than assessing the cost.
I can think of several minor provisioning issues that cost us more in
customer relations than everything
I have received bogus emails from both of the above on Friday.
These look like I bought something that in both cases I did not buy.
The EBAY was a golf club for $887 and the Amazon was a novel for $82,
far more than I would have spent on either.
I think I looked at the novel on Amazon and I
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From: Anurag Bhatia [mailto:m...@anuragbhatia.com]
Sent: Friday, May 04, 2012 5:12 AM
To: Brandt, Ralph
Cc: NANOG list
Subject: Re: POTS Ending (Re: Operation Ghost Click)
Curious
I also am concerned about 911 service. When dialing 911 recently from
my mobile, I should have dialed it from my home phone as I was routed a
few times to get to the right fire dispatch team.
I am a second responder, a member of a Search and Rescue team. The
reason for second is because we are
I am not worried about the voice quality as long as it is understandable. What
I am concerned about is, Can someone who needs help get through?
Ralph Brandt
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From: Jeroen van Aart [mailto:jer...@mompl.net]
Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2012 7:40 PM
To: NANOG list
Yes, those things happen. But there are several such failure points in the
POTS system and hundreds in VOIP. I support VOIP, ISDN etc. But I know all
too well the failure points...
Ralph Brandt
-Original Message-
From: Jay Ashworth [mailto:j...@baylink.com]
Sent: Wednesday, May 02,
Connecticut has such a bill pending. My suggestion to people there, Get
a ham radio license and a 2 meter transceiver with a car adapter...
Ralph Brandt
York PA
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From: Jared Mauch [mailto:ja...@puck.nether.net]
Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2012 11:29 PM
To: Frank
The problem with this is, MOST 911 CALLS ARE CELLULAR or soon will be.
Ralph Brandt
PA
-Original Message-
From: Tei [mailto:oscar.vi...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2012 11:15 AM
To: NANOG list
Subject: Re: VoIP vs POTS (was Re: Operation Ghost Click)
Perhaps cell towers
As one involved in emergency services I don't gave a rats whether you
can't tell one voice from another. I do care if someone who is having a
fire, accident, cardiac episode or stroke can get through.
The cell companies are worrying about your whim and not the safety.
Ralph Brandt
I spent a week in a PEMA conference last fall. One of the presentations
was from two ILECS and 1 CLEC. The answer we got was, yes we do but no
we can't. Got it?
What I understand after grilling the 5 reps from one company and three
for the other, is they have priority of who can make a call
-Original Message-
From: Mike Hale [mailto:eyeronic.des...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2012 12:32 PM
To: Brandt, Ralph
Cc: NANOG list
Subject: Re: VoIP vs POTS (was Re: Operation Ghost Click)
That's precisely where SatCom enters the picture. Cell companies
aren't ever going to undersell
Sean, do you know anyone who has successfully used either to place a
call?
I think the weak spot is when the tower overloads nobody can dial
anything, including the bypass..
Ralph Brandt
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HP Enterprise Services
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-Original Message-
From: Owen DeLong [mailto:o...@delong.com]
Sent: Monday, February 27, 2012 5:14 PM
To: david raistrick
Cc: Brandt, Ralph; NANOG
Subject: Re: Programmers with network
Rodrick, give me the name of one of those firms. :)
Ralph Brandt
-Original Message-
From: Rodrick Brown [mailto:rodrick.br...@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, February 27, 2012 6:13 PM
To: A. Pishdadi
Cc: NANOG
Subject: Re: Programmers with network engineering skills
On Feb 26, 2012, at
I would hope that the working with the team aspect would have been have been
handled BEFORE you spend time on this. Let HR do it, then check if they did it
right because they screw it up at times. I have been overridden twice in hiring
decisions over the years by my boss. Both of them lived
Generalists are hard to come by these days. They are people who learn
less and less about more and more till they know nothing about
everything. People today are specializing in the left and right halves
of the bytes They learn more and more about less and less till they
know everything about
Generalists are hard to come by these days. They are people who learn
less and less about more and more till they know nothing about
everything. People today are specializing in the left and right halves
of the bytes They learn more and more about less and less till they
know everything about
I think it was Miagi in Karate Kid that stressed balance. The CTO who
is NEVER out of his cage is dangerous, likewise the one that is never
available is also. It is keeping in touch with what is happening at all
levels that makes him valuable. If there is one thing that American
Management
Actually I taught in a three year tech program for a while and although
trouble shooting was not in the curriculum, and as far as I know it
isn't anywhere, several of us adjunct faculty did teach it and got
reprimanded for it as part of our classes. So much for the education
industry
Hammer, you are at least 75% right. You will get flamed and in most
cases, the 35 year age is close to right.
But then in Programming where I spent most of my IT time since Feb 1963,
few current programmers have skills that they need to be really
successful. Same thing.
It is the fault of
To find counterfeit they teach you what good money looks like. When you
are looking at a sniffer trace you are generally looking for something
that is not right.
Ralph Brandt
Communications Engineer
HP Enterprise Services
Telephone +1 717.506.0802
FAX +1 717.506.4358
Email
I just pulled the humorous point about Mary the accountant out, pasted its link
into an email and sent it to our staff with the suggestion they read it. I was
going to past it here but decided to let someone who wants to read it go to the
site, they may learn something by accident if they do.
They are out there scrambling, trying to figure out where the truck that hit
them came from. The PIO has been told to make up a story.
Ralph Brandt
Communications Engineer
HP Enterprise Services
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FAX +1 717.506.4358
Email ralph.bra...@pateam.com
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HE certainly was right in shutting down that site. It had copyright
infringement. That they took down other sites is reprehensible unless
they lacked the technical capability to do otherwise. (The question
then arises, should they be in business if that is the case?)
I am a strong advocate of
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