RE: Any Verizon datacenter techs about?

2015-06-29 Thread Curtis L. Parish
If the building is over 30 years old I can guarantee you it is at least 75% empty now. P.S. If there was any way to get a tour inside of there at least I'd totally sign a NDA for that. :) Never been inside, let alone near, a CO before. -- John Musbach

Re: Any Verizon datacenter techs about?

2015-06-28 Thread chris
I cant say much about other incumbents but i have been in alot of vz co's in nj/nyc and Its very rare to see any humans in a CO anymore even in ones in really dense metro areas On Jun 26, 2015 10:40 PM, Christopher Morrow morrowc.li...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 8:32 PM, John

Re: Any Verizon datacenter techs about?

2015-06-28 Thread Justin M. Streiner
On Sun, 28 Jun 2015, chris wrote: I cant say much about other incumbents but i have been in alot of vz co's in nj/nyc and Its very rare to see any humans in a CO anymore even in ones in really dense metro areas The majority of ILEC COs I've seen are unstaffed these days, save for the rare

Re: Any Verizon datacenter techs about?

2015-06-26 Thread Simon Lockhart
On Fri Jun 26, 2015 at 09:26:53AM -0500, Doug McIntyre wrote: I guess VZ thought the colo was ultimately to stand alone without talking to anybody. And they are a communications company. And there-in lies the answer to your question. They're a communications company. They want to sell you

Re: Any Verizon datacenter techs about?

2015-06-26 Thread Doug McIntyre
On Thu, Jun 25, 2015 at 05:04:09PM -0500, Rafael Possamai wrote: On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 1:46 PM, John Musbach johnmusba...@gmail.com wrote: I'm a techie that recently moved to South Jersey for a tech job. To my astonishment, I discovered that there appears to be a Verizon datacenter near my

Re: Any Verizon datacenter techs about?

2015-06-26 Thread Alan Buxey
There was signing of NDAs Which you obviously read and follow to the letter ;) alan

Re: Any Verizon datacenter techs about?

2015-06-26 Thread William Herrin
On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 10:26 AM, Doug McIntyre mer...@geeks.org wrote: Then it was announced ready to move in, and we asked the procedure to get cross-connects from outside the facility in (really the whole point of even getting colo there). Oh no, you can't have a cross-connect. Umm, the

Re: Any Verizon datacenter techs about?

2015-06-26 Thread William Herrin
On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 4:11 PM, Robert Seastrom r...@rs.hmail.seastrom.com wrote: On Jun 26, 2015, at 11:34 AM, William Herrin b...@herrin.us wrote: I'm told second hand that when MCI/worldcom (now Verizon Business) controlled 8100 Boone Blvd (the early MAE-East) you had to buy a data circuit

Re: Any Verizon datacenter techs about?

2015-06-26 Thread Joe Hamelin
On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 5:40 PM, John Musbach johnmusba...@gmail.com wrote: . P.S. If there was any way to get a tour inside of there at least I'd totally sign a NDA for that. :) Never been inside, let alone near, a CO before. http://museumofcommunications.org/?page_id=12 -- Joe Hamelin,

Re: Any Verizon datacenter techs about?

2015-06-26 Thread Larry Sheldon
On 6/26/2015 19:44, Joe Hamelin wrote: On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 5:40 PM, John Musbach johnmusba...@gmail.com wrote: . P.S. If there was any way to get a tour inside of there at least I'd totally sign a NDA for that. :) Never been inside, let alone near, a CO before.

Re: Any Verizon datacenter techs about?

2015-06-26 Thread Larry Sheldon
On 6/26/2015 20:31, Larry Sheldon wrote: On 6/26/2015 19:44, Joe Hamelin wrote: On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 5:40 PM, John Musbach johnmusba...@gmail.com wrote: . P.S. If there was any way to get a tour inside of there at least I'd totally sign a NDA for that. :) Never been inside, let alone

Re: Any Verizon datacenter techs about?

2015-06-26 Thread John Musbach
On Thu, Jun 25, 2015 at 5:32 PM, Christopher Morrow morrowc.li...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 2:46 PM, John Musbach johnmusba...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, I'm a techie that recently moved to South Jersey for a tech job. To my astonishment, I discovered that there appears to be a

Re: Any Verizon datacenter techs about?

2015-06-26 Thread John Musbach
On Thu, Jun 25, 2015 at 5:37 PM, Christopher Morrow morrowc.li...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Jun 25, 2015 at 5:32 PM, Christopher Morrow morrowc.li...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 2:46 PM, John Musbach johnmusba...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, I'm a techie that recently moved to South

Re: Any Verizon datacenter techs about?

2015-06-26 Thread John Musbach
On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 8:36 PM, John Musbach johnmusba...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Jun 25, 2015 at 5:37 PM, Christopher Morrow morrowc.li...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Jun 25, 2015 at 5:32 PM, Christopher Morrow morrowc.li...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 2:46 PM, John Musbach

Re: Any Verizon datacenter techs about?

2015-06-26 Thread Christopher Morrow
On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 8:32 PM, John Musbach johnmusba...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Jun 25, 2015 at 5:32 PM, Christopher Morrow morrowc.li...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 2:46 PM, John Musbach johnmusba...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, I'm a techie that recently moved to South Jersey

Any Verizon datacenter techs about?

2015-06-25 Thread John Musbach
Hello, I'm a techie that recently moved to South Jersey for a tech job. To my astonishment, I discovered that there appears to be a Verizon datacenter near my house that has colocation: http://imgur.com/a/PdGno It's in Somers Point, NJ. While I could not find an address on the building, it is

Re: Any Verizon datacenter techs about?

2015-06-25 Thread Lyle Giese
It looks more like a standard telco central office, not a data center. Lyle On 06/24/15 13:46, John Musbach wrote: Hello, I'm a techie that recently moved to South Jersey for a tech job. To my astonishment, I discovered that there appears to be a Verizon datacenter near my house that has

Re: Any Verizon datacenter techs about?

2015-06-25 Thread Christopher Morrow
On Thu, Jun 25, 2015 at 5:32 PM, Christopher Morrow morrowc.li...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 2:46 PM, John Musbach johnmusba...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, I'm a techie that recently moved to South Jersey for a tech job. To my astonishment, I discovered that there appears to be a

Re: Any Verizon datacenter techs about?

2015-06-25 Thread Christopher Morrow
On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 2:46 PM, John Musbach johnmusba...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, I'm a techie that recently moved to South Jersey for a tech job. To my astonishment, I discovered that there appears to be a Verizon datacenter near my house that has colocation: how / why did you think this

Re: Any Verizon datacenter techs about?

2015-06-25 Thread Rafael Possamai
Be prepared to drop a lot of money for colocation with Verizon. Also, quoting process is rather long and you will have to sign a NDA most likely, which just makes it even more fun. For the size of your project I'd pick a provider that focuses on colocation for small and medium businesses and is