Eddy, Your building looks like it is serviced by Cogent Communications. They offer 100mb or 1Gb fiber to the office. This will blow the sox off any T1 you have.
I had their service when I worked at 1 Main St, Cambridge and found it fast and reliable. The tech draped fiber from the floor wiring closet to my server room. In the server room, you can patch directly into a router or use a fiber to copper converter (which is what I did). The copper Cat5e went into my border router and then firewall. I hope this helps. Since I left that company, I don't have the information for my contact anymore. http://www.cogentco.com/htdocs/dedicated.php - City - Boston, MA To re-verify that your building is on the "on-network" list. List of services. http://www.cogentco.com/htdocs/internet.php?current=1 Dedicated Internet Access Services On Net Services Cogent's On Net services can only be compared to the wide open road. We offer pure bandwidth, unhindered by traffic bottlenecks caused by over-subscription. With more capacity than any other IP network in the world, traffic literally races across our network at the speed of light. All On Net services are dedicated and non-oversubscribed. On Net services are available in over 1,000 buildings across North America and Europe. Product Features: FULL SLA: Our SLA guarantees 99.99% network availability, 99.9% packet delivery, less than 50 milliseconds roundtrip latency and proactive outage notification within 15 minutes. RAPID INSTALLATION: Your service will be installed in 17 days or less-guaranteed. Most service installations average just 8 days. CUSTOMER SUPPORT: Technical expertise is just a phone call away 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. SIMPLE HANDOFF: No special wiring. No disruptions. No delays. All it takes to get connected is a Category 5 cable or cross connect plugged into your existing LAN or equipment. EASY-TO-UNDERSTAND BILLING: Products are billed on a single sheet of paper with a single line item. Flat rate or burstable billing available. NO LONG TERM COMMITMENTS: You can stay with us as long as you like, but we don't require multi-year commitments as part of our great prices. Product Types: Fast Ethernet (100 Mbps): Our flagship product. Price competitive with a T1, but 65 times more bandwidth. This service has fundamentally changed the business and productivity levels of our customers. You can afford more bandwidth than you ever thought possible. And with 100 Mbps guaranteed 100 percent of the time, you can run the applications you want when and how you want them. GigE (1,000 Mbps): A favorite among our Enterprise customers and the NetCentric crowd. Our GigE connection provides all of the advantages of Fast Ethernet, just multiplied by 10! Cogent's GigE service gives you all the bandwidth you need. You can take it all at once, or burst until your business grows. Fiber500 (500 kbps): Popular for offices with just a few people, Fiber500 competes with business DSL pricing but far exceeds it in quality and reliability. Why connect over copper when you can have fiber? Cogent is Smart Business Internet Contact us today or Call 1-877-875-4432. ----------------------- Nathan Faust Systems Administrator Merchant Warehouse 55 Court Street, 3rd Floor Boston, MA 02108 Phone: 617.896.5558 http://www.merchantwarehouse.com/ -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eddy Harvey Sent: Friday, June 30, 2006 10:58 AM To: 'Back Bay LISA' Subject: [BBLISA] High speed internet in Kendall Sq I'm just guessing, since MIT is the center of the New England communications universe, that there's got to be a better way to get high-speed internet at 1 Cambridge Center, instead of ordering a verizon T1. I've got some buying power on this, and I'd like to do better than a T1. Can anyone offer any advice or solution in this case? Thanks... _______________________________________________ bblisa mailing list [email protected] http://www.bblisa.org/mailman/listinfo/bblisa _______________________________________________ bblisa mailing list [email protected] http://www.bblisa.org/mailman/listinfo/bblisa
