Re: [WISPA] Akamai

2008-01-08 Thread George Rogato
I have a direct contact if anyone needs, But I just did the online form and they called me a couple weeks later. George David E. Smith wrote: On Tue, January 8, 2008 11:39 pm, Marlon Schafer wrote: I sent in a request for info. Depending on how big you are, you may be waiting a while for a

Re: [WISPA] Akamai

2008-01-08 Thread David E. Smith
On Tue, January 8, 2008 11:39 pm, Marlon Schafer wrote: > I sent in a request for info. Depending on how big you are, you may be waiting a while for a response. A few months back, I sent in a request for information from Akamai; two months later, they replied with a very short, very curt "your ne

Re: [WISPA] Akamai

2008-01-08 Thread Marlon Schafer
Thanks. I sent in a request for info. laters, marlon - Original Message - From: "Anthony Lemons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List" Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 2:49 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Akamai Getting the Akamai servers installed on your network doesn't cost anyth

Re: [WISPA] Akamai

2008-01-08 Thread D. Ryan Spott
George, This is pretty simple to do, your colo provider might charge you a nominal cross connect fee for the fiber you send to NWAX. However, once you connect and your MAC address is registered, you can then negotiate pretty decent deals with the other providers in the exchange. All of th

Re: [WISPA] Akamai

2008-01-08 Thread George Rogato
Dennis Burgess - LinkTechs.net wrote: The key is to find out where people are going (YouTube) and ensuring that they will help accelerate that. Thats my thoughts. But, if NBC isn't paying Akamai, it won't be on their servers. I'm in the Pittock Building, wonder how easy it is to connect t

Re: [WISPA] Akamai

2008-01-08 Thread Dennis Burgess - LinkTechs.net
I have known several people to use these and some have seen bandwidth savings. MS updates is one of them. Something to note, is that as George says, it can go both ways. The key is to find out where people are going (YouTube) and ensuring that they will help accelerate that. George Rogato

Re: [WISPA] Akamai

2008-01-08 Thread George Rogato
There is possibly additional costs involved. Not sure if Marlon is paying by the bit or dedicated or 95%, but Akamai also uses your bandwidth to reach other customers close to you from the servers they place on your network. I think if someone was colocated in Seattle, they could maybe just p

Re: [WISPA] Akamai

2008-01-08 Thread Anthony Lemons
Getting the Akamai servers installed on your network doesn't cost anything. They ship you the equipment free of charge and you just install it. More info can be found on their site: http://www.akamai.com/html/partners/network_partner.html Anthony At 11:34 AM 1/8/2008, you wrote: I'm thinking

Re: [WISPA] Akamai

2008-01-08 Thread Marlon Schafer
I'm thinking of doing some kind of caching again too. What's the cost for this type of thing? We only service about 450 or 500 broadband subs, using two different networks. I'm not sure of the cost benefit these days. thanks, marlon - Original Message - From: "Travis Johnson" <[EMA

RE: [WISPA] Radio Mobile

2008-01-08 Thread Brian Webster
I would try to get between .6 and 1. If you expose the second zone then the phase canceling starts and reduces your signal level. Thank You, Brian Webster -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Mike Hammett Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 9:24 AM

Re: [WISPA] Radio Mobile

2008-01-08 Thread Mike Hammett
So then should I be engineering my customer links to .6 Fresnel instead of the > 1 that I've been trying to achieve? - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com - Original Message - From: "Brian Webster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List" Sent

Re: [WISPA] Akamai

2008-01-08 Thread Mike Hammett
Thanks for the reference to that site. That will come in handy in the future, no doubt. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com - Original Message - From: "Matt Liotta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List" Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 7:

Re: [WISPA] Akamai

2008-01-08 Thread Matt Liotta
Mike Hammett wrote: I can't find any reference to their peering policies. I'd like to see documentation on this, but I doubt that ANY ISP would be able to peer. It wouldn't be economical for them to have everyone peered. Are you referring to Google (https://www.peeringdb.com/private/partici