> [Our colo] meets the same standards as most Telco COs. Are you sure of that? I'm no communications expert, but I'm looking at a book entitled "Standards and Guidelines for Communication Sites," (a Motorola document drawn, I am told, from various public standards) here in my cubicle. There are literally hundreds of sections dealing with site acquisition, soil testing, grounding, floor loading, weatherproofing, sealing, animals, insects, HVAC, cable runways, interior lighting, emergency lighting, fire suppression, fences, gates, steel doors, and so on. Are you saying that SBC could move one of their COs into a former bakery and not run afoul of any standards? That seems unlikely, but I've been amazed many times before. At any rate, I've seen four or five Northern Nevada colos, and my Carson City CO seems like NORAD in comparison to most.
> Bare concrete is good; no static electricity. Not too much argument here. (FWIW, I cannot recall having ever been inside a Telco CO. I do know someone who retried as a Pac Bell CO installer; she says the dozen or more COs she worked in, including the one she built from scratch, all had tile in their rack areas.) > Locking cabinets are available for those to whom security is > a priority, at a higher price of course. Locking cabinets protect equipment, but do nothing to keep people from stealing data if the Cat 5 cable emerges within easy reach from the top of bottom of the rack. That's one of the problems with ATG's colo. How does GBIS fare on this point? > While the nature of the wall is accurately described, anyone > attempting to enter that area would quickly find the police > at the door. Reno police must be more responsive than the Carson City Sheriff. My own network in Carson City is a service provider for 30 medically-oriented WAN sites, but when the alarm goes off, the police typically do not show up in less than 30 minutes. The last I heard, some police departments across the country have stopped responding to most building alarms because of too many false positives. An ounce of prevention is worth... > We got to be the "most venerable" by not spending money where > it didn't matter. We compete in a totally different colo market than > say, Redundant. True enough, but people may not be aware of the extent of the differences. Others may not think of something as important because they don't know it's an option. > I would direct your attention to the number of colo companies > in Chapter 11 So noted. :-) _______________________________________________ RLUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.rlug.org/mailman/listinfo/rlug
