As per my other post, we will be connecting via DWDM to a DC in Miami. On the way from Vero Beach, we have a spot in Ft. Pierce, (14 miles away) and then West Palm (60 miles from Ft. Pierce) and then on to a Miami DC (65 miles from West Palm).
In Ft. Pierce, I could see ourselves making use of the connectivity to our main NOC (breaking out BW and transit services there) but West Palm is not so much in our vision. I definitely have to re-gen in West Palm and Ft. Pierce was optional but allows me to keep somewhat universal spares for all location AND the Colo’s at both the Ft. Pierce and West Palm location were dirt cheap. Of course, the reasons to get the DC in Miami are the obvious ones ($$ for BW and access to the IX etc.) The question is Option A…do I pull the BW for West Palm and Ft. Pierce directly from the Miami DC to maximize BW and transit efficiency, or Option B…do I pull that from the Vero Beach (main NOC) side to get to Ft. Pierce and West Palm. With Option B, I need more channels from Vero to the DC to get more BW for use at each regen/ colo spot. Option B gives us a more direct extension of our main network to Ft. Pierce and West Palm. I am leaning towards pulling Ft. Pierce directly from Vero since I see a potential extension of our WAN more in the near term and then pulling West Palm directly from the DC. These are new considerations for me, so I wanted to query the crowd for opinions / suggestions Paul 😊 Paul McCall, President Florida Broadband / PDMNet 658 Old Dixie Highway Vero Beach, FL 32962 772-564-6800
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