Re: IPTV providers in IN/Chicago

2015-04-28 Thread Rob Seastrom
Brandon Martin lists.na...@monmotha.net writes: The network in question is IPv4 multicast capable and could somewhat trivially (I think) be IPv6 multicast capable (it is definitely IPv6 unicast capable). You'd be surprised how many edge devices (unfortunately) support IPv6 multicast only to

Re: ADSL Line Extenders

2015-04-28 Thread Colton Conor
I know a couple of LECs that use these with success: http://actelis.com/actelis-products/broadband-amplifiers/ On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 4:24 PM, Jean-Francois Mezei jfmezei_na...@vaxination.ca wrote: A friend on a rural DSl association asked about ADSL line extenders. A search on Google

Current state / use of OSPF-TE

2015-04-28 Thread Josh Reynolds
What is the current state/use of OSPF-TE? Something you don't hear about much, for sure. Is this something that wasn't designed well, supported well, or was it just superseded by label based switching by the vast Telco market? Any info would be appreciated. Thanks -- Josh Reynolds CIO,

Re: Looking for a provider in Ecuador

2015-04-28 Thread Jeff Cornejo
Punto Net may be able to help. They operate a fiber-based network in different areas of the country. http://www.puntonet.ec http://www.puntonet.ec/ Jeff Jeff Cornejo j...@ting.com ting.com/internet http://ting.com/internet that makes sense. On Apr 27, 2015, at 8:15 PM, Eric C. Miller

Re: ADSL Line Extenders

2015-04-28 Thread Matt Palmer
On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 05:24:39PM -0400, Jean-Francois Mezei wrote: A search on Google yields many products dating back to the days of ADSL-1 advertising 1mbps profiles, but a few seem more recent and support ADSL2+ (not sure if any support VDSL2). Are these thing out of date and no longer

Re: IPTV providers in IN/Chicago

2015-04-28 Thread Mike Hammett
I'm not sure why or that Comcast would enable competition. Maybe I'm wrong. Then again, maybe Brandon isn't in a Comcast served area. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com Midwest Internet Exchange http://www.midwest-ix.com - Original Message

Re: IPTV providers in IN/Chicago

2015-04-28 Thread Mark Tinka
On 28/Apr/15 12:52, Rob Seastrom wrote: And for the love of God, do SSM not ASM (requires igmpv3 or mld2). I can expound on the problem space off-list if you like. Agree that SSM will scale better in the long run. RP's are a thing of the past. In case your STB's don't support IGMPv3

Re: common checks performed when passing on an IPv4 PA allocation from one end-customer to another

2015-04-28 Thread Martin T
Colin, this is a good idea, but in this case the network I am interested in does not have a RIPE Atlas probe. regards, Martin On 4/28/15, Colin Johnston col...@gt86car.org.uk wrote: On 28 Apr 2015, at 10:32, Martin T m4rtn...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, as far as I know, some large US

Re: IPTV providers in IN/Chicago

2015-04-28 Thread Mike Hammett
I suspect it's more of a choice of what's available than what he wants. If you're building from the ground-up, you can be picky, but if you're going light-weight (as little head-end as possible), you're stuck with whatever (good or bad) your wholesale partner uses. - Mike Hammett

Re: vendor spam OTD

2015-04-28 Thread Barry Shein
As more and more legitimate companies exploit email as a free resource I think we're going to need to broaden the definition of spam. Email is already on the verge of useless. And a lot of that is just pitches from orgs one would, under old definitions, argue are not spam. So the question is

Re: IPTV providers in IN/Chicago

2015-04-28 Thread Brandon Martin
On 04/28/2015 06:52 AM, Rob Seastrom wrote: You'd be surprised how many edge devices (unfortunately) support IPv6 multicast only to the degree necessary to implement neighbor discovery. Lean on your vendor. Yep, I know routers will do it in the latest software, which I cannot quite run

ADSL Line Extenders

2015-04-28 Thread Jean-Francois Mezei
A friend on a rural DSl association asked about ADSL line extenders. A search on Google yields many products dating back to the days of ADSL-1 advertising 1mbps profiles, but a few seem more recent and support ADSL2+ (not sure if any support VDSL2). Are these thing out of date and no longer

Re: vendor spam OTD

2015-04-28 Thread Rich Kulawiec
On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 12:39:12PM -0400, Barry Shein wrote: As more and more legitimate companies exploit email as a free resource I think we're going to need to broaden the definition of spam. Absolutely not. The canonical -- and only correct -- definition is UBE, as Suresh pointed out. It

Re: vendor spam OTD

2015-04-28 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Tue, 28 Apr 2015 12:39:12 -0400, Barry Shein said: Email is already on the verge of useless. And a lot of that is just pitches from orgs one would, under old definitions, argue are not spam. That prompts two questions: (a) How do you define useless and (b) what do you advocate as a

Re: vendor spam OTD

2015-04-28 Thread William Herrin
On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 10:02 PM, Rob Seastrom r...@seastrom.com wrote: Anyone else been spammed by Andy Boland at Function5 Technology Group? No, but I feel your pain. Two jokers have been trying since July to recruit me as an Aflac salesman. Hear from them every few weeks. -Bill --

Re: common checks performed when passing on an IPv4 PA allocation from one end-customer to another

2015-04-28 Thread Colin Johnston
On 28 Apr 2015, at 10:32, Martin T m4rtn...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, as far as I know, some large US Internet companies like Google, Facebook or Amazon restrict access to some services for certain regions like Crimea or countries like Iran or North Korea. Do they rely on services

Re: common checks performed when passing on an IPv4 PA allocation from one end-customer to another

2015-04-28 Thread Martin T
Hi, as far as I know, some large US Internet companies like Google, Facebook or Amazon restrict access to some services for certain regions like Crimea or countries like Iran or North Korea. Do they rely on services like MaxMind? Or do they use some other method to check the geographical location