That is a good price, and a nice service from the provider. However, why is that more diverse than LTE? If the colo provider uses the same transit and/or transit provider(s) you do, it sounds very not-diverse.
-- TTFN, patrick > On Jan 18, 2017, at 10:18 AM, Luke Guillory <[email protected]> wrote: > > We were quoted sub $200 for 10M DIA from the datacenter which included a > copper handoff which would be more diverse than the cell option. > > > > Luke > > > > > > Luke Guillory > Network Operations Manager > > Tel: 985.536.1212 > Fax: 985.536.0300 > Email: [email protected] > > Reserve Telecommunications > 100 RTC Dr > Reserve, LA 70084 > > _________________________________________________________________________________________________ > > Disclaimer: > The information transmitted, including attachments, is intended only for the > person(s) or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential > and/or privileged material which should not disseminate, distribute or be > copied. Please notify Luke Guillory immediately by e-mail if you have > received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. > E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as > information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or > incomplete, or contain viruses. Luke Guillory therefore does not accept > liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message, which > arise as a result of e-mail transmission. . > > -----Original Message----- > From: NANOG [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Patrick W. Gilmore > Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2017 9:13 AM > To: NANOG list > Subject: Re: Common Reliable Out Of Band Management Options at Carrier Hotels > > +1 for OpenGear + LTE / cell. > > Obviously POTS works and is available in any carrier hotel and not insanely > expensive. > > Also, lots (not all) colocation providers will give you very cheap ethernet > OOB. (E.g. Our colo gives you GigE for the cost of the xconn + 2 Mbps 95/5 > free.) I would ask before looking at getting a 3G/4G modem. Assuming, of > course, you are comfortable with the colo provider’s network being diverse > enough from your own. > > -- > TTFN, > patrick > >> On Jan 18, 2017, at 8:55 AM, David Hubbard <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Provided you can get a cell signal, we’ve been very happy with Opengear >> boxes. We’d been using their ACM5508 which is eight serial ports, two >> Ethernet, cell. It runs linux, you can ssh into it, do fancy things like >> keep the cell side down and use text messages to bring it up if you need to >> get in, does VPN, PPTP, monitors environmental things if needed, etc. They >> replaced that model with the 7004 and 7008 (4 or 8 serial). They have >> console servers if you need more ports; we have a 32-port daisy chained to a >> 5508 in a location we had serial growth, but their 7200-series is cell plus >> high density serial in one. >> >> In a data center with particularly bad cell reception, Opengear recommended >> getting a high gain antenna from wpsantennas.com. I contacted them and the >> recommendation for my specific use case was a Panorama WMMG-7-27. We had it >> mounted above the overhead infrastructure on top of our cage and it >> dramatically improved the signal to make it a non-issue. >> >> David >> >> On 1/17/17, 4:59 PM, "NANOG on behalf of Darin Herteen" >> <[email protected] on behalf of [email protected]> wrote: >> >> Greetings list, >> >> >> We are exploring standardizing our Out Of Band options across our network >> and various off-net locations and the question was brought up "What about >> carrier hotels? What constraints might present themselves at those >> locations?" >> >> >> Assuming each hotel we are located in can provide either Ethernet or DSL >> I'm guessing that is going to come a cost (cross-connects, rack space etc..) >> that might end up being cost prohibitive. >> >> >> So my inquiry is... What does the list find to be a reasonably priced yet >> reliable solution in carrier hotels for OOB? Or is that contradictory :) >> >> >> Thoughts on Cellular? >> >> >> Any experience/insight would be appreciated. >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> >> Darin >> >> >
