Re: How to choose a transport(terrestrial/subsea)

2019-01-04 Thread Mehmet Akcin
On Wed, Jan 2, 2019 at 2:04 PM Jason Bothe via NANOG wrote: > KMZs or no business. Period. > You can say that in US, EU but you won't be able to in certain places unless you are willing to take the extra mile and work with people.

Re: How to choose a transport(terrestrial/subsea)

2019-01-02 Thread Jason Bothe via NANOG
IX > http://www.midwest-ix.com <http://www.midwest-ix.com/> > > From: "Steve Naslund" mailto:snasl...@medline.com>> > To: nanog@nanog.org <mailto:nanog@nanog.org> > Sent: Wednesday, January 2, 2019 11:33:43 AM > Subject: RE: How to choose a transport(terrest

RE: How to choose a transport(terrestrial/subsea)

2019-01-02 Thread Naslund, Steve
This was a product available from the earliest Bell System days. You could specify a couple of options. One is local path redundancy or diversity - intended to get you to another central office and not use the same cable as another specified circuit. A second option is called avoidance where

Re: How to choose a transport(terrestrial/subsea)

2019-01-02 Thread Saku Ytti
On Wed, 2 Jan 2019 at 22:17, Tom Beecher wrote: > You can mitigate some of that by getting contract language in place that says > a carrier must maintain the circuit on the specified and agreed pathway, and > if it's later discovered that it has been moved, you don't pay for the > circuit

Re: How to choose a transport(terrestrial/subsea)

2019-01-02 Thread Tom Beecher
; *Sent: *Wednesday, January 2, 2019 11:33:43 AM > *Subject: *RE: How to choose a transport(terrestrial/subsea) > > All true but it is becoming increasingly difficult to determine if a > provider is using another providers infrastructure (all are at some > level). For example, in the

Re: How to choose a transport(terrestrial/subsea)

2019-01-02 Thread Mike Hammett
: "Steve Naslund" To: nanog@nanog.org Sent: Wednesday, January 2, 2019 11:33:43 AM Subject: RE: How to choose a transport(terrestrial/subsea) All true but it is becoming increasingly difficult to determine if a provider is using another providers infrastructure (all are at

RE: How to choose a transport(terrestrial/subsea)

2019-01-02 Thread Naslund, Steve
All true but it is becoming increasingly difficult to determine if a provider is using another providers infrastructure (all are at some level). For example, in the SIP world there are several national level carriers that are using Level 3s core SIP network and if you were not aware of that

Re: How to choose a transport(terrestrial/subsea)

2019-01-02 Thread Alfie Pates
I'm of the opinion that, if you need resiliency, you should order explicitly diverse circuits from a primary provider and then a secondary circuit from a second vendor. Ultimately, If you want contractually-enforced physical diversity then the best options will be single-vendor solutions:

Re: How to choose a transport(terrestrial/subsea)

2018-12-27 Thread Mike Hammett
uot;nanog" Sent: Monday, December 17, 2018 2:51:38 PM Subject: Re: How to choose a transport(terrestrial/subsea) Back to main discussion How do we choose the best transport? One question, how much people care about vendor diversity? I do and did care. I don’t want to put all m

Re: How to choose a transport(terrestrial/subsea)

2018-12-19 Thread Ben Cannon
gt; > Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2018 3:12 PM > To: Mehmet Akcin > Cc: nanog@nanog.org <mailto:nanog@nanog.org> > Subject: Re: How to choose a transport(terrestrial/subsea) > > If people start spot-checking this stuff more regularly, perhaps the > companies being

Re: How to choose a transport(terrestrial/subsea)

2018-12-19 Thread Rod Beck
, December 19, 2018 3:12 PM To: Mehmet Akcin Cc: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: How to choose a transport(terrestrial/subsea) If people start spot-checking this stuff more regularly, perhaps the companies being verified will take delivering the correct product the first time more seriously. Some

Re: How to choose a transport(terrestrial/subsea)

2018-12-19 Thread Rod Beck
: Tuesday, December 18, 2018 7:17 PM To: James Breeden Cc: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: How to choose a transport(terrestrial/subsea) That's a great example. Thank you James for sharing. I have done so many "GROUND TRUTH" visits where randomly selected certain physical points to validat

Re: How to choose a transport(terrestrial/subsea)

2018-12-19 Thread Mike Hammett
Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP - Original Message - From: "Mehmet Akcin" To: "James Breeden" Cc: nanog@nanog.org Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2018 12:17:42 PM Subject: Re: How to choose a transport(terrestrial/subsea) That's a grea

Re: How to choose a transport(terrestrial/subsea)

2018-12-18 Thread Mehmet Akcin
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Re: How to choose a transport(terrestrial/subsea)

2018-12-18 Thread James Breeden
og@nanog.org Subject: Re: How to choose a transport(terrestrial/subsea) On 12/17/18 3:51 PM, Mehmet Akcin wrote: > > One question, how much people care about vendor diversity? I do and did > care. I don’t want to put all my eggs in one basket. Do you care? Thank you There are advanta

Re: How to choose a transport(terrestrial/subsea)

2018-12-17 Thread Brandon Martin
On 12/17/18 3:51 PM, Mehmet Akcin wrote: One question, how much people care about vendor diversity? I do and did care. I don’t want to put all my eggs in one basket. Do you care? Thank you There are advantages and disadvantages to vendor diversity. As advantages, you won't be subject to

Re: How to choose a transport(terrestrial/subsea)

2018-12-17 Thread Mike Hammett
Exchange The Brothers WISP - Original Message - From: "Mehmet Akcin" To: "Mike Hammett" Cc: "Ben Cannon" , "nanog" Sent: Monday, December 17, 2018 2:51:38 PM Subject: Re: How to choose a transport(terrestrial/subsea) Back to main dis

Re: How to choose a transport(terrestrial/subsea)

2018-12-17 Thread Mehmet Akcin
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Re: How to choose a transport(terrestrial/subsea)

2018-12-15 Thread Mike Hammett
y, December 15, 2018 1:27:21 PM Subject: Re: How to choose a transport(terrestrial/subsea) Mike have you looked at Packetlight? Long-haul is mostly jumping to 100 or even 400g coherent. -Ben On Dec 15, 2018, at 8:53 AM, Mike Hammett < na...@ics-il.net > wrote: FS had one, but it

Re: How to choose a transport(terrestrial/subsea)

2018-12-15 Thread Ben Cannon
tions > > Midwest Internet Exchange > > The Brothers WISP > > From: "Luke Guillory" > To: "Mike Hammett" > Cc: "Eric Dugas" , "nanog" > Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2018 10:52:19 AM > Subject: Re: How to choose a transport(

Re: How to choose a transport(terrestrial/subsea)

2018-12-15 Thread Mike Hammett
; Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2018 10:52:19 AM Subject: Re: How to choose a transport(terrestrial/subsea) No cost affective 10x10G to 100G muxponder? Sent from my iPad On Dec 15, 2018, at 4:46 AM, Mike Hammett < na...@ics-il.net > wrote: heh, cross connects are indeed a m

Re: How to choose a transport(terrestrial/subsea)

2018-12-15 Thread Luke Guillory
___ From: "Eric Dugas" mailto:edu...@unknowndevice.ca>> To: "Mehmet Akcin" mailto:meh...@akcin.net>> Cc: "nanog" mailto:nanog@nanog.org>> Sent: Friday, December 14, 2018 11:42:53 AM Subject: Re: How to choose a transport(terrestrial/sub

Re: How to choose a transport(terrestrial/subsea)

2018-12-15 Thread Mark Tinka
On 15/Dec/18 12:44, Mike Hammett wrote: > heh, cross connects are indeed a major issue. I have a need for > 10G > transport. My equipment supports 40G. The carriers aren't terribly > interested in doing 40G transport (at least not at a reasonable price, > one quote was over 4x a 10G).

Re: How to choose a transport(terrestrial/subsea)

2018-12-15 Thread Mike Hammett
ent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP - Original Message - From: "Eric Dugas" To: "Mehmet Akcin" Cc: "nanog" Sent: Friday, December 14, 2018 11:42:53 AM Subject: Re: How to choose a transport(terrestrial/subsea) I also lo

Re: How to choose a transport(terrestrial/subsea)

2018-12-14 Thread Eric Dugas
I also look at hand-off locations (as long as it doesn't compromise the overall robustness of the design). Most providers will be able to hand-off in the BMMR of a carrier hotel and some will have the flexibility to hand-off in particular suites within the same building or other locations near

How to choose a transport(terrestrial/subsea)

2018-12-14 Thread Mehmet Akcin
Thank you everyone incredible amounts of responses for my how to choose a transit provider smail earlier. How do you choose transport & backbone? Looking at key aspects like route information, diversity, aerial vs under ground fiber, age of fiber, outage history, length, but what else? I will