Keith,
We are currently using Yipes as an ISP. They also offer a MAN and WAN
service. They advertise 1Mbps and up but then they told us "that they no
longer offer that product". They wanted to start us off at 3Mbps. We ended
up signing a contract for 2Mbps to replace our T1 for a cost of 1400. mthly.
There is no need for any router. They installed an Extreme Networks Summit
48. Their fiber connects to the Extreme via a GBIC and one of our Cisco
3524 switches connect to one of its ethernet ports. All other ports sit
idle (What a waste!). Anyways, I believe Yipes is only up and running in a
couple of cities, though they have current plans for twelve. I'm sure there
are other optical providers in other cities. The real question is whether
you really need that much bandwidth.
Samuel Rey
MCSE+Internet, CCNA, CCDA, CCA
""Keith Townsend"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Thanks for all the info. I'll look into Yipes sounds interesting. I
didn't
> think any of these companies were actually offering services now. Have
any
> of you actually used Yipes. What type of CPE had you have to invest in.
> Also, is it any good if the service provider go down under.
>
> I guess it would be a chance for me to learn alot about tunneling other
> protocols over IP because these guys are bridging a bunch of stuff now.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Keith Townsend
> MCSE, CNE, CCNA
> Townsend Consulting
> www.townsendconsulting.com
> ""Plantier, William (Spencer)"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
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> >
> > Depending on what area you are at Adelphia will sell them a 10mg
> connection.
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ben Hockenhull [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Friday, March 02, 2001 2:20 PM
> > To: Keith Townsend
> > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: How would you Explain it.
> >
> >
> > On Fri, 2 Mar 2001, Keith Townsend wrote:
> >
> > > I have a customer who wants to upgrade his 128K ISDN point to point
> > > connections to at lease a 10mbps connection. He is thinking along the
> > lines
> > > of LAN technologies. He idea connection is a 1gb connection. How
would
> > go
> > > about explaining to this guy that he is out of his mind without
damaging
> > his
> > > ego. His the IT manager and thinks he's knowledgeable about networks.
> >
> > Actually, there are several companies that claim to offer connectivity
> > from 1Mbps up to 1Gbps delivered via ethernet. Cogent Communications is
> > one such company, at http://www.cogentco.com/. I don't know if they're
> > actually selling service and I have my doubts about their claims.
> >
> > Another company is Yipes, at http://www.yipes.com/, offering scalable
> > bandwidth from 1Mbps to 1Gbps. They seem to have a decent business plan
> > and a reasonable infrastructure, but again, I can't speak for their
actual
> > service.
> >
> > This doesn't address any other misconceptions that your client may have
> > regarding WAN bandwidth, but there you go.
> >
> > Ben
> >
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