Research survey about cloud services operations

2018-12-03 Thread Yan Zhai
Hi there, we are researchers from University of Wisconsin Madison. Our research is about cloud computing and system security. Currently we are surveying on a few facts about how cloud tenants operate their services. The purpose of the survey is to justify a few design questions so that our

Re: GTT Regulatory Recovery Surcharge

2018-12-03 Thread Martin List-Petersen
We have CenturyLink, Cogent, NTT and Viatel in the mix for IP transit. CenturyLink and Cogent are unproblematic, unless you change something (like upgrading a circuit). Cogent will fix billing issues quickly, but they do crop up. CenturyLink is not very communicative. Can't fault the

Re: GTT Regulatory Recovery Surcharge

2018-12-03 Thread Tom Beecher
There are quite a few not crappy vendors out there, regardless of my snark. NTT is definitely one of the better ones. Unfortunately, telecommunications billing is only slightly less complex than medical billing, and there are plenty of vendors that have made those decisions to invest in more

Re: GTT Regulatory Recovery Surcharge

2018-12-03 Thread Martin List-Petersen
On 03/12/2018 14:01, Tom Beecher wrote: "Cancelled all GTT connections and replaced them with a carrier, that doesn't try to screw their customer base." Who is this magical unicorn? :) Replaced that circuit with NTT. So far, very pleased with that. Kind regards, Martin List-Petersen Airwire

Re: GTT Regulatory Recovery Surcharge

2018-12-03 Thread Mike Hammett
"Should not". I hear of ISPs fighting it all of the time. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP - Original Message - From: "Matt Harris" To: na...@ics-il.net Cc: brandonw...@yahoo.com, "North American Network

Re: GTT Regulatory Recovery Surcharge

2018-12-03 Thread Tom Beecher
"Cancelled all GTT connections and replaced them with a carrier, that doesn't try to screw their customer base." Who is this magical unicorn? :) On Mon, Dec 3, 2018 at 8:51 AM Martin List-Petersen wrote: > On 02/12/2018 22:06, Brandon Wade via NANOG wrote: > > We've been a GTT customer for

Re: GTT Regulatory Recovery Surcharge

2018-12-03 Thread Martin List-Petersen
On 02/12/2018 22:06, Brandon Wade via NANOG wrote: We've been a GTT customer for several years and on our latest bill we now have a "Regulatory Recovery Surcharge" of almost 10% tacked on. We only purchase IP Transit services from them, nothing else, and have never had any fees tacked on top

Re: GTT Regulatory Recovery Surcharge

2018-12-03 Thread Jason Hellenthal
Down on the farm -- J. Hellenthal The fact that there's a highway to Hell but only a stairway to Heaven says a lot about anticipated traffic volume. > On Dec 2, 2018, at 20:17, bob evans wrote: > > I think it's because they need to...not for any legal reason, but to > increase cash flow by