Re: MCI billing fraud ... again

2005-07-22 Thread Richard A Steenbergen
On Fri, Jul 22, 2005 at 12:34:43PM -0500, Stephen Sprunk wrote: > > Thus spake "Randy Bush" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>We're being hit up by MCI's billing fraud again. > > > >mci's billing problems are gross ineptitude, not fraud. and just > >about every major (and many minor) telco has the same me

Re: AOL and mail-accepting rules

2005-07-22 Thread Steve Sobol
Eric Louie wrote: First, thanks, all, for the quick replies with regards to the AOL email situation. The update I got from my client's email provider is that they have been blacklisted by AOL (reason not given) http://postmaster.info.aol.com/ They can get info on the various error codes and

RE: Switch advice please - followup

2005-07-22 Thread Vinny Abello
At 02:39 PM 7/22/2005, Nicole wrote: The sad part is I hate Cisco. Well I hate IOS. It is the most counter intuitive interface known to man. Really? I find Cisco's CLI in IOS to be one of the best out there and very intuitive. After years of working on Cisco routers and mostly CatOS on Cata

FYI: APRICOT 2006

2005-07-22 Thread Philip Smith
Hi everyone, Just would like to let you know that the APRICOT 2006 Call for Presentations is now out, as below. APRICOT, for those who don't know, is the Asia Pacific Operations and Technology Conference, very similar in aim and purpose to the NANOG conferences we have here in North America. If

Re: Switch advice please

2005-07-22 Thread Paul Vixie
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Nicole) writes: > > I am looking at aquiring some switches to upgrade a large web site front and > backend switching network. > > I am looking at cisco and HP switches at the moment and would like to hear > peoples opinions on them or recommendations for any others. > >

Re: Switch advice please - followup

2005-07-22 Thread John Kinsella
On Sat, Jul 23, 2005 at 11:01:10AM +1200, Mark Foster wrote: > Nortel has a GUI Device Management system via SNMP which is pretty good. > They also have intuitive HTTP access for most things and the console gives > you a menu or a commandline option. Hell, why not use Cisco's web interface? ;) J

RE: Switch advice please - followup

2005-07-22 Thread Mark Foster
> > > Thanks to everyone for their advice and stories. It seems the popular > choice > is Cisco with a close second of foundry. Even a nice mention of Dell > switches. > Most people had nothing good to say about HP. (phew.. glad I asked you > all) I > completely forgot abt Foundry so they are m

Fwd: RFC 4116 on IPv4 Multihoming Practices and Limitations

2005-07-22 Thread Fergie (Paul Ferguson)
FYI, - ferg [snip] A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries. RFC 4116 Title: IPv4 Multihoming Practices and Limitations Author(s): J. Abley, K. Lindqvist, E. Davies, B. Black, V. Gill Status: Informati

Re: Switch advice please - followup

2005-07-22 Thread Eric A. Hall
On 7/22/2005 2:39 PM, Nicole wrote: > completely forgot abt Foundry so they are my next stop! Don't forget Extreme, my favorite of old. Their product line isn't as broad as some others but they have pretty solid stuff in my experience. > Oddly no one mentioned 3com. I don't know if that's good

Re: You're all over thinking this

2005-07-22 Thread John Dupuy
Sadly, your suggestion is rational and valid, but not likely to happen. The official "cost" of a copper pair is on the order of $25 to $50 per month, depending on the effectiveness of the lobbyists. "Wait?!", you say, "how is that possible if regular phone service is only sold for $15 per mo

Re: You're all over thinking this

2005-07-22 Thread Michael Painter
- Original Message - From: "Crist Clark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: You're all over thinking this Sam Crooks wrote: Didn't the US Navy buy Iridium? Nope. http://www.iridium.com/corp/iri_corp-story.asp?storyid=2 "In December 2000, a group of private investors led by Dan

Re: AOL and mail-accepting rules

2005-07-22 Thread james edwards
First, thanks, all, for the quick replies with regards to the AOL email situation.  The update I got from my client's email provider is that they have been blacklisted by AOL (reason not given), and have asked for our assistance in solving the blacklist problem.     You **really** have to lo

RE: Switch advice please - followup

2005-07-22 Thread Jon Lyons
> > The sad part is I hate Cisco. Well I hate IOS. It > is the most counter > intuitive interface known to man. Guess you've never used Nortel. :) Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo

RE: Switch advice please - followup

2005-07-22 Thread Nicole
Thanks to everyone for their advice and stories. It seems the popular choice is Cisco with a close second of foundry. Even a nice mention of Dell switches. Most people had nothing good to say about HP. (phew.. glad I asked you all) I completely forgot abt Foundry so they are my next stop! Od

Re: AOL and mail-accepting rules

2005-07-22 Thread Eric Louie
First, thanks, all, for the quick replies with regards to the AOL email situation.  The update I got from my client's email provider is that they have been blacklisted by AOL (reason not given), and have asked for our assistance in solving the blacklist problem.   I also received one of the

Re: You're all over thinking this

2005-07-22 Thread Crist Clark
Sam Crooks wrote: Didn't the US Navy buy Iridium? Nope. http://www.iridium.com/corp/iri_corp-story.asp?storyid=2 "In December 2000, a group of private investors led by Dan Colussy organized Iridium Satellite LLC which acquired the operating assets of the bankrupt Iridium LLC including

Re: MCI billing fraud ... again

2005-07-22 Thread Jon Lewis
On Fri, 22 Jul 2005, Stephen Sprunk wrote: > > Thus spake "Randy Bush" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> We're being hit up by MCI's billing fraud again. > > > > mci's billing problems are gross ineptitude, not fraud. and just > > about every major (and many minor) telco has the same mess. > > "Never att

Weekly Routing Table Report

2005-07-22 Thread Routing Table Analysis
This is an automated weekly mailing describing the state of the Internet Routing Table as seen from APNIC's router in Japan. Daily listings are sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have any comments please contact Philip Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. Routing Table Report 04:00 +10GMT Sat 23 Jul, 2005

Re: MCI billing fraud ... again

2005-07-22 Thread Stephen Sprunk
Thus spake "Randy Bush" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> We're being hit up by MCI's billing fraud again. mci's billing problems are gross ineptitude, not fraud. and just about every major (and many minor) telco has the same mess. "Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stu

Re: You're all over thinking this

2005-07-22 Thread Crist Clark
Steve Sobol wrote: Crist Clark wrote: If you really want high reliability during and after a natural disaster, satellite phones are probably your best option. That's who I thought you worked for, but the only satellite phone provider whose name I consistently remember is Iridium (aren't

Re: AOL and mail-accepting rules

2005-07-22 Thread Simon Waters
On Friday 22 Jul 2005 4:39 pm, Eric Louie wrote: > I have a client who is experiencing problems with sending mail to AOL. I > am not resposible for their email service (yet) but I'd like to know if AOL > has changed their policy on anti-spam / mail receipt for their customers > (RBL, SORBS, rDNS

Re: AOL and mail-accepting rules

2005-07-22 Thread Jim Popovitch
I've seen where AOL recently (past 2 weeks) will temporarily suspend accepting bulk (mailinglists) email for up to 3 hours due to suspected spam, even from whitelisted IPs. All queued email eventually flows, presumably after being verified by humans. No related SCOMP/TOS notifications are ever r

AOL and mail-accepting rules

2005-07-22 Thread Eric Louie
I have a client who is experiencing problems with sending mail to AOL.  I am not resposible for their email service (yet) but I'd like to know if AOL has changed their policy on anti-spam / mail receipt for their customers (RBL, SORBS, rDNS validation), or if there's a real problem with AOL

The Cidr Report

2005-07-22 Thread cidr-report
This report has been generated at Fri Jul 22 21:45:40 2005 AEST. The report analyses the BGP Routing Table of an AS4637 (Reach) router and generates a report on aggregation potential within the table. Check http://www.cidr-report.org/as4637 for a current version of this report. Recent Table Hist

Re: Switch advice please

2005-07-22 Thread Tom Sands
Agreed, we use both the Catalyst 3560 and 3750, both work very well for either application that you mentioned. We use a variety of models from 12, 24, and 48 port Gb. We also have had great success with L3 and PoE on them. Bill Woodcock wrote: > I am looking at aquiring some switche

Re: IPv6 push doesn't have much pull in U.S

2005-07-22 Thread Andre Oppermann
Simon Leinen wrote: Christopher L Morrow writes: On Sat, 16 Jul 2005, Iljitsch van Beijnum wrote: And I'm sure Sprint and Verio (MCI/Worldcom/UUNET too? I have a I know verio does, Sprint I believe also does, and UUNET does... everyone has restrictions on the service though (native or tun

Re: IPv6 push doesn't have much pull in U.S

2005-07-22 Thread Simon Leinen
Christopher L Morrow writes: > On Sat, 16 Jul 2005, Iljitsch van Beijnum wrote: >> And I'm sure Sprint and Verio (MCI/Worldcom/UUNET too? I have a > I know verio does, Sprint I believe also does, and UUNET > does... everyone has restrictions on the service though (native or > tunnel'd type restri

Re: London: Mobile networks bear blast calls

2005-07-22 Thread Will Hargrave
Fergie (Paul Ferguson) wrote: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4704359.stm Mobile phone networks are bearing the weight of calls once more as news of four blasts across London spreads. It's a shame they're just plain wrong - I was getting consistent call failures on two mobile netwo