Re: Internet connectivity in Ghana

2017-06-02 Thread Michael Bullut
I would definitely recommend *Internet Solutions Ghana. * ​ On 31 May 2017 at 17:40, Rishi Singh wrote: > Has anyone dealt with getting internet connectivity in Ghana? I've been > doing a lot of research and saw some peering plans with Nigeria but

Re: RFC2544 Testing Equipment

2017-06-02 Thread James Bensley
On 30 May 2017 at 16:41, James Harrison wrote: > On 30/05/17 16:22, Nick Olsen wrote: >> Looking to test up to 1Gb/s at various packet sizes, Measure Packet loss, >> Jitter..etc. Primarily Copper, But if it had some form of optical port, I >> wouldn't complain.

Re: Russian diplomats lingering near fiber optic cables

2017-06-02 Thread Ben McGinnes
On Fri, Jun 02, 2017 at 10:28:38AM +0300, Denys Fedoryshchenko wrote: > > American diplomats are doing also all sort of nasty stuff in > Russia(and not only), Yes they have and for a very long time. > but that's a concern of the equivalent of FBI/NSA/etc, not operators > public discussion

Re: Russian diplomats lingering near fiber optic cables

2017-06-02 Thread Denys Fedoryshchenko
On 2017-06-02 05:42, Ben McGinnes wrote: On Thu, Jun 01, 2017 at 07:15:12PM -0700, Joe Hamelin wrote: The Seattle Russian Embassy is in the Westin Building just 4 floors above the fiber meet-me-room and five floors above the NRO tap room. They use to come ask us (an ISP) for IT help back in

Re: Russian diplomats lingering near fiber optic cables

2017-06-02 Thread Denys Fedoryshchenko
On 2017-06-02 12:19, Ben McGinnes wrote: On Fri, Jun 02, 2017 at 10:28:38AM +0300, Denys Fedoryshchenko wrote: American diplomats are doing also all sort of nasty stuff in Russia(and not only), Yes they have and for a very long time. but that's a concern of the equivalent of FBI/NSA/etc,

Re: Russian diplomats lingering near fiber optic cables

2017-06-02 Thread Alain Hebert
It will if the Ocean level change drastically. Which with this week news cycle... might not be that far fetched =D> - Alain Hebertaheb...@pubnix.net PubNIX Inc. 50 boul. St-Charles P.O. Box 26770 Beaconsfield, Quebec H9W 6G7 Tel: 514-990-5911

Re: Russian diplomats lingering near fiber optic cables

2017-06-02 Thread valdis . kletnieks
On Fri, 02 Jun 2017 10:14:12 -0400, Alain Hebert said: > It will if the Ocean level change drastically. Raising the question - how well protected against sea level rise *is* the average cable landing/termination station, given that most landing stations in particular are probably fairly near

Re: Russian diplomats lingering near fiber optic cables

2017-06-02 Thread Donald Eastlake
On Thu, Jun 1, 2017 at 10:15 PM, Joe Hamelin wrote: > > The Seattle Russian Embassy is in the Westin Building just 4 floors above > the fiber meet-me-room ... The only real Russian Embassy in the US is in Washington where their Ambassador is stationed, although arguably their

Re: Russian diplomats lingering near fiber optic cables

2017-06-02 Thread valdis . kletnieks
On Fri, 02 Jun 2017 15:11:36 -, Rod Beck said: > Landing stations can be 10 to 30 kilometers from the beach manhole. I don't > think it is big concern. Hibernia Atlantic dublin landing station is a good > example. So 100% of those beach manholes are watertight and safe from flooding, and

Re: Russian diplomats lingering near fiber optic cables

2017-06-02 Thread Christopher Morrow
On Fri, Jun 2, 2017 at 12:46 PM, wrote: > On Fri, 02 Jun 2017 15:11:36 -, Rod Beck said: > > > Landing stations can be 10 to 30 kilometers from the beach manhole. I > don't > > think it is big concern. Hibernia Atlantic dublin landing station is a > good > > example.

Re: Russian diplomats lingering near fiber optic cables

2017-06-02 Thread Ben McGinnes
On Fri, Jun 02, 2017 at 05:52:43PM +0300, Denys Fedoryshchenko wrote: > > https://www.nanog.org/list > 6. Postings of political, philosophical, and legal nature are prohibited. > It is quite clear. That's a fair point. The crypto dev world does have a tendency to veer into two of those three

Re: Russian diplomats lingering near fiber optic cables

2017-06-02 Thread Christopher Morrow
On Fri, Jun 2, 2017 at 12:49 AM, Joe Hamelin wrote: > Christopher asks: 'nro tap room' ... what's the expansion of NRO here? > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Reconnaissance_Office > > I'm unsure why the NRO would have a room doing tap things in anyone's network. that

Re: Russian diplomats lingering near fiber optic cables

2017-06-02 Thread Joe Hamelin
Christopher asks: 'nro tap room' ... what's the expansion of NRO here? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Reconnaissance_Office -- Joe Hamelin, W7COM, Tulalip, WA, +1 (360) 474-7474

Re: Russian diplomats lingering near fiber optic cables

2017-06-02 Thread Rod Beck
Landing stations can be 10 to 30 kilometers from the beach manhole. I don't think it is big concern. Hibernia Atlantic dublin landing station is a good example. From: NANOG on behalf of valdis.kletni...@vt.edu

RE: NANOG 70 network diagram and upstream

2017-06-02 Thread Aaron Gould
Btw Wow, a ~2 million dollar boundary (dual PTX1000's) for the NANOG 70 conference geez -aaron -Original Message- From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-boun...@nanog.org] On Behalf Of Eric Kuhnke Sent: Friday, June 2, 2017 1:43 PM To: nanog@nanog.org list Subject: NANOG

Re: Russian diplomats lingering near fiber optic cables

2017-06-02 Thread valdis . kletnieks
On Fri, 02 Jun 2017 13:23:26 -0400, Christopher Morrow said: > is this a case of 'wherer the cable gets dry' vs 'where the electronics > doing cable things lives' ? > aren't (normally) the dry equipment locations a bit inland and then have > last-mile services from the consortium members headed

Re: Russian diplomats lingering near fiber optic cables

2017-06-02 Thread Eric Kuhnke
It is no longer in the Westin, or if they've kept an office space it is not the public facing consulate. The security desk at the lobby frequently has to deal with confused Russian consular-service seeking people who don't want to take "no" for an answer when they're told that the consulate has

Weekly Routing Table Report

2017-06-02 Thread Routing Analysis Role Account
This is an automated weekly mailing describing the state of the Internet Routing Table as seen from APNIC's router in Japan. The posting is sent to APOPS, NANOG, AfNOG, AusNOG, SANOG, PacNOG, MENOG, SAFNOG, SdNOG, BJNOG, CaribNOG and the RIPE Routing WG. Daily listings are sent to

NANOG 70 network diagram and upstream

2017-06-02 Thread Eric Kuhnke
Just a small thing, but as one of the folks who used to work on the core network gear of AS11404, the network diagram has something in it that might confuse attendees as to who is really sponsoring the upstream: https://www.nanog.org/meetings/nanog70/diagram AS11404 was formerly known as

Re: Russian diplomats lingering near fiber optic cables

2017-06-02 Thread Rod Beck
The plan is to decommission TAT-14 in 2024. That is long before the next Biblical Flood due the ice caps melting. The Trans-Atlantic systems have a life span at best of 30 years. When the next set of systems is built rising waters will be taken into account.

RE: NANOG 70 network diagram and upstream

2017-06-02 Thread Eric Dugas
And the 4x100G. That's four times the capacity of the network I work for. ~100k subs. On Jun 2, 2017 16:54, "Aaron Gould" wrote: > Btw > > Wow, a ~2 million dollar boundary (dual PTX1000's) for the NANOG 70 > conference geez > > -aaron > > -Original Message- >

Re: NANOG 70 network diagram and upstream

2017-06-02 Thread Jared Mauch
> On Jun 2, 2017, at 5:34 PM, Eric Dugas wrote: > > And the 4x100G. That's four times the capacity of the network I work for. > ~100k subs. Disclaimer: Not an employee of NTT, but I was last Bellevue NANOG. Last time in Bellevue with the Comcast (dark) and Wave (dim)