Re: [uknof] The Future of UKNOF

2023-10-03 Thread Nat Morris 
Hi Denesh,

On the same topic, I had a Companies House notification on Saturday
that the UKIF Ltd accounts for the year upto Dec 2022 had been
posted... 
https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05296550/filing-history

I saw again that there was no mention of the RIPE /23 PI that is still
registered to UKIF LTD for UKNOF, could it be sold to help with the
cash flow issue? 6-7 years ago it wasn't valued so highly, but today
it could well be the largest asset that UKIF has.

https://apps.db.ripe.net/db-web-ui/lookup?source=ripe=ORG-UL35-RIPE=organisation

https://apps.db.ripe.net/db-web-ui/lookup?source=RIPE=inetnum=91.207.198.0%20-%2091.207.199.255

This would fetch ~16k GBP on the market and go some way to helping to
run events in 2024.

Nat.

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On Tue, 3 Oct 2023 at 23:41, Denesh Bhabuta :: UKNOF
 wrote:
>
> I also add some additional context in the closing statements.. at
>
> 
>
> Mainly that any new suggestions on how to evolve UKNOF need to keep in mind 
> that it needs to be taken on by a newer set of people rather than the people 
> who currently run UKIF Ltd.
>
> Regards
> Denesh
>
>
> > On 3 Oct 2023, at 18:29, Steve Karmeinsky  wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, Oct 03, 2023 at 01:02:36PM -0400 or thereabouts, Martin Hannigan 
> > wrote:
> >
> >>   Hi Nigel,
> >>   I didn't see the presentation on the UKNOF 52 YouTube feed. Is there an
> >>   archive of it?
> >>   Cheers,
> >
> > Here's the presentation
> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gK0R1or51jU=PLjzK5ZtLlc92jT9507ISKsFgNeVmjTueQ=1
> >
> > Steve
> >
> > --
> > NetTek Ltd  UK mob +44 7775 755503
> > UK +44 20 3432 3735  /  US +1 (650) 423 1390
> > social id stevekennedyuk
> > Euro Tech News Blog http://eurotechnews.net
> >
>
>

Re: [uknof] Does anyone resell space in (what was) Gyron, Hemel?

2020-10-15 Thread Nat Morris 
On Thu, Oct 15, 2020 at 1:39 AM Chris Wilkie  wrote:
>
> As subject, I am looking for a small amount of space in the former Gyron 
> facility in Hemel Hempstead I believe now owned by NTT (please correct me if 
> I am wrong).
>
> NTT themselves are sufficiently clueless that they have been unable to 
> provide a quote after nearly 3 weeks of asking hence the call for any third 
> party who has a reseller agreement.  A quarter rack with a couple of amps of 
> power would be sufficient.

At Gyron Centro?

I think UKDedicated still has space there and resells by the U or quarter rack.

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Re: [uknof] Netflix Contact

2018-08-22 Thread Nat Morris 
On Wed, 22 Aug 2018 at 02:32, Chris Russell  wrote:

> Hey All,
>
>   Reaching out for a clueful netflix contact, specifically those who can
> point me in the right direction in terms of the proxy/vpn detection folks.
>
>   We've sudden a very sudden rise in vpn/proxy netflix blocks for a number
> of our ranges across multiple /19s and /21s and various support routes are
> going dark or having to be done individually taking significant time -
> hence any assistance in understand the why's appreciated.
>

Email geosupp...@netflix.com

Include subnets, ASN etc.

Nat

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Re: [uknof] Fibre to remote areas

2017-08-22 Thread Nat Morris 
On 22 August 2017 at 12:53, Tom Hill  wrote:

> On 22/08/17 12:48, Neil J. McRae wrote:
> > For MDU's I agree with them! we want to do more FTTP to MDU's part of
> > the challenge is the landlords in those buildings don't make it easy to
> > deploy.
>
> Hyperoptic seem to be deploying to MDUs at a serious rate of knots.
>
> On that basis, are you *certain* that it isn't Openreach that are
> difficult to deal with, rather than the landlords?


Worth remembering that Hyperoptic are in a position to offer landlords
incentives that Openreach can't, such as revenue share and free connections
for building management systems etc.

Its not such a level playing field.

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Re: [uknof] UKNOF mailing list migration

2016-08-12 Thread Nat Morris 
On 12 August 2016 at 14:11, Nat Morris <n...@nuqe.net> wrote:
> test 2
>
> On 12 August 2016 at 11:45, Nat Morris <n...@nuqe.net> wrote:
>> Hello all,
>>
>> At 1pm today (Friday 12th August), the UKNOF mailing lists will be
>> migrated to a new server. This may take a couple of hours.
>>

The public mailing lists have now been moved over to Mythic Beasts,
thank you again to Rob, Will and Andy at LONAP for hosting them for
the past 10+ years.

Nat,






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[uknof] UKNOF mailing list migration

2016-08-12 Thread Nat Morris 
Hello all,

At 1pm today (Friday 12th August), the UKNOF mailing lists will be
migrated to a new server. This may take a couple of hours.

Nat,


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Re: [uknof] OT: Re: UKNOF32: Sheffield CFP

2015-06-05 Thread Nat Morris 
On 5 June 2015 at 09:41, Keith Mitchell ke...@uknof.org.uk wrote:
 On 06/05/2015 12:05 PM, Chris Russell wrote:

  Sheffield, being the birthplace of Superman

 Er, nope:

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superman

 The Superman character was created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist
  Joe Shuster, high school students living in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1933

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osDLc3DSLHM

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Re: [uknof] indicative pricing for bandwidth in Madrid?

2015-04-24 Thread Nat Morris 
On 24 April 2015 at 11:14, Paul Mansfield paul+uk...@mansfield.co.uk wrote:
 Hello,
 $JOB has a small office in Madrid and connectivity there is currently
 poor, and we want to have a proper circuit over which we can run a
 VPN.

 The address is Maria Tubau, 9 - 28050 Madrid, Spain.

 Probably looking for at least a symmetric 30M circuit, ideally a 100M fibre.


Try Claranet, they've had European network for a number of years,
including a presence in Madrid. They also have peering with BT /
AS2856.

http://www.claranet.es/acceso-internet.html
http://noc.eu.clara.net/

Nat,




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[uknof] UKNOF30 Pub quiz questions

2015-02-01 Thread Nat Morris 
Hello.

Many thanks to everyone that came along to the Cumulus sponsored pub
quiz at UKNOF30 a couple of weeks ago. I've had a few mails from
people asking for a copy of the questions, so I've put them up here
(inc answers at the end):

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BAqz_YpbrKwEd1LfCeGbRW0RLIdGA7MWXobpEH2teT0/edit?usp=sharing

6 rounds of 10 questions, 16 points per round (96 total).

Congrats to winners Blackhole, other team scores below (I think
there was another called SLIT, but I can't remember what they
scored)...

Blackhole, 77
Pussy Ticklers, 74
Let me Google that for you, 69
Nobby’s Nuts, 63
Steves Interleaves, 63
Cameron Encryption Algorythm Project, 61
The Rev K fan club, 59
Silver Lining, 44
The slash 29s, 32

I hope to run another quiz in 2016 if there is demand :)

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[uknof] Sponsorship for UKNOF30 - January in London

2014-11-06 Thread Nat Morris 
Hi all,

UKNOF30 will be taking place on Thursday 22nd January in the City of
London, we are currently seeking sponsors, to support us in running
this free to attend meeting.
`
We have a variety of sponsorship packages available just for January
and on a long term basis. Maybe you have a new service going live
soon? A product that could do with additional promotion? Or demo you'd
like to show off in front of attendees?

Please get in touch with myself (n...@uknof.org.uk) or Denesh
(den...@uknof.org.uk).

Also if you haven't registered for the event already, please do so as
this helps us with capacity planning:
https://indico.uknof.org.uk/confRegistrationFormDisplay.py?confId=32

Say hello if you're at RIPE69 this week :)

Nat,

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Re: [uknof] Dublin Connectivity

2014-08-12 Thread Nat Morris 
On 12 Aug 2014 10:42, Nick Ryce n...@fluency.net.uk wrote:

 Hi,

 Can anyone recommend  an ISP in Dublin to provide access services that
could be back hauled to THN and handed over at L2?

Speak to David Farrell at Tibus, I think you have a selection of locations
in common.

Nat

Re: [uknof] 1G Ethernet circuit to Aberystwyth

2014-08-05 Thread Nat Morris 
On 5 August 2014 23:22, Simon Lockhart si...@slimey.org wrote:
 All,

 I'm needing to get a 1G Point-to-point circuit from Aberystwyth (SY23 2DH)
 to somewhere sensible - Interxion LON1, or Telecity Williams House. Most
 carriers are no-bidding this as they have no network in the area, and the
 quotes I am getting are stupidly expensive - so I need to think outside the
 box a bit.

The only serious providers in that part of West Wales are BT and Talk Talk.

You could get a BT etherflow from Aber to Swansea, then pick up SSE /
Virgin / Surf Telecoms. The Surf network west of Swansea is all radio,
only customer of it really is Western Power.

Talk Talk have an LLU presence there and would be my best bet, they
have multiple 10G rings heading up through Haverfordwest, Cardigan and
on to Aber. You could get it handed off in Cardiff or back in London
if you have an existing TTB hand over.

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[uknof] Viatel / MDNX suite in THN

2014-06-17 Thread Nat Morris 
If anyone is based in the Viatel/MDNX suite in North could you drop me a
mail offlist? (not related to OOB).

Thanks

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Re: [uknof] Bandwidth graphs

2014-06-05 Thread Nat Morris 
On 5 June 2014 07:25, Ed Butler e...@tn13.com wrote:
 Thanks everyone for their suggestions. We looked at pretty much everything,
 and ended up using NVD3. An example of its output in our deployment is here:

 https://www.dropbox.com/s/ox6vsy111ichccd/NVD3.png

Out of curiosity are you monitoring the power using in-rack IP enabled
PDUs, DIN rail mounted power meters or something else?

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Re: [uknof] APC UPS repair recommendations

2014-06-04 Thread Nat Morris 
Try Nick Ewing at Comtec Power in Reigate. nick.ew...@comtec.com

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On 4 Jun 2014 07:52, Paul Thornton p...@prt.org wrote:

 Hi all,

 A bit of a long shot, but...

 We have a 40KVA APC Symmetra here at our office which hasn't been working
 properly for a while, and it has finally decided that enough is enough and
 it doesn't want to work at all.  A UPS that drops the load as soon as the
 mains power fails is of limited use to anyone.

 We don't have a service contract on it or anything like that.

 Can anyone recommend someone to come out and take a look before we consign
 it to the scrapheap?  We've found a couple of places that are full APC
 dealers but got the distinct impression that they would have a look, charge
 for a callout and then declare it a write off and simply try and sell us a
 new one (and their repair callout charges are around £900 as well).  I
 don't mind if it really is dead but would rather have an honest opinion
 from someone rather than just being seen as a sales opportunity.

 We're based in Sussex, near Gatwick - so I'm guessing someone based in
 London or the home counties would be ideal.

 Thanks

 Paul.

Re: [uknof] NOC Digital Wall Clock

2014-06-04 Thread Nat Morris 
Look at the Canford Audio site, they sell plenty of decent digital wall
clocks, even with NTP sync etc.

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On 4 Jun 2014 12:31, Gary Steers gary.ste...@sharedband.com wrote:

  Hi All,



 Bit of a very random one, I am looking at replacing the clock in our NOC,
 and putting feelers out to see what other people suggest.



 I could always have the time on one of the screens, but you can’t beat a
 good ol’ fashioned digital wall clock!



 Anyone got any suggestions?
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Re: [uknof] 3rd party remote hands in Telehouse

2014-05-29 Thread Nat Morris 
On 29 May 2014 03:39, Ed Butler e...@tn13.com wrote:
 We're looking for either an individual or a company who can help us out with
 remote hands in Telehouse.

 It's typically things like connecting cables, inserting optics, taking fibre
 power readings etc. Predominately it would be things that can be done during
 office hours, but occasionally there would be some out of hours things.

You should speak to Thomas Greer at TSOne Ltd who is local (and on
this list), tgr...@tsone.info

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[uknof] OOB Viatel suite THN

2014-05-08 Thread Nat Morris 
Looking for someone friendly to swap OOB with over copper in the Viatel
suite THN. Would like to save paying TH for cabling if possible.

(will wait for Steve to chime in about free IXReach OOB ports)

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Re: [uknof] Openbgpd for BGP peering with LINX and media converter requirement

2014-03-26 Thread Nat Morris 
On 25 March 2014 16:20, Randhir Prakash rand...@trijit.com wrote:
 Hi,



 This is my first post as a community member !



 I wish to use a Openbgpd using OpenBSD box to connect and peer with LINX
 members.

 I would like to know

 A) Has anyone in the UKNOF community heard of any other network operator
 working successfully with this setup?

 B) LINX provides connectivity using Single Mode Fiber in Telehouse North. I
 am looking to learn more about how to connect the Openbsd box Ethernet
 network to fiber network of LINX i.e. Media converter vs a managed switch.
 and what make and models will be best option ? I am looking for a cost
 effective and flexible solution either Media converter vs a managed switch.

Hello,

I'd suggest looking at the managed switch, you will have better
visibility of the link, speeds/duplex/DOM stats for the optics. With a
media converter, unless its a managed one who knows whats going on.

Be careful about connecting your switch to the exchange, I'd suggest
reading this page on the LONAP site,
http://www.lonap.net/config-hints.shtml

Nat

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Re: [uknof] Out of Band @ Telecity Kilburn

2014-01-14 Thread Nat Morris 
IXReach?

On 14 Jan 2014 07:05, Nick Ryce n...@fluency.net.uk wrote:

 Any takers?

 Nick
 --
 Nick Ryce

 Fluency Communications Ltd.
 e. n...@fluency.net.uk
 w. http://fluency.net.uk/
 t. 0845 874 7000

 On 10 Jan 2014, at 20:44, Nick Ryce n...@fluency.net.uk wrote:

 Hi,

 Would anyone be interested in providing some OOB to us in TC Kilburn
Suite P?  Happy to reciprocate if required.  Bandwidth will be negligible.

 Nick
 --
 Nick Ryce

 Fluency Communications Ltd.
 e. n...@fluency.net.uk
 w. http://fluency.net.uk/
 t. 0845 874 7000

Re: [uknof] Preconnected 10G SFPs

2013-11-24 Thread Nat Morris 
On 24 Nov 2013 21:38, Tom Hill t...@ninjabadger.net wrote:

 On 21/11/13 22:33, Nat Morris wrote:

   Having said that, for connections into compute nodes at 10G with
 cable runs of perhaps 2m it seems a tad excessive to be putting in a
 pair of optics at c.a. GBP 75 each when we're picking up the Cisco DA
 cables for [I think] GBP 25 a *pair*.

 Think you're being robbed. I'm paying GBP 17 for 10G SR optics.


 This is a useless comparison unless you're also comparing order
quantities...

Not so, you can get one off optics at that price if you know where to look.

Nat

Re: [uknof] Anyone got space in Liverpool Royal BT Exchange?

2013-09-26 Thread Nat Morris 
On 26 September 2013 15:20, Simon Lockhart si...@slimey.org wrote:
 Extending the question a bit - any recommendations for carriers to talk to
 for backhaul out of BT Exchanges, in the 1G-10G range? As well as Liverpool
 Royal, I've got a list of 14 others that I'm likely to unbundle. I've got
 pricing from SSE who have lit some of the ones I'm looking at. I've been
 speaking to GEO who say they're in quite a lot of exchanges, but they want
 to sell me dark fibre solutions rather than individual circuits/waves. I know
 that Entanet and Exponential-E are in some exchanges, and am talking to them,
 but initial requests reveal that they don't tend to have huge amounts of spare
 capacity to sell. I'm also talking to BT Wholesale.

 So, who else should I be talking to?

CW / Vodafone, I have seen a few providers use them for exchange backhaul.

Nat,

[uknof] SSD Upgrade

2013-01-21 Thread Nat Morris 
Many thanks to Pete Taphouse and his team at Bytemark for upgrading
our UKNOF Indico server from SATA to SSD disks.

http://bigv.io/

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[uknof] UKNOF23 Videos

2012-10-20 Thread Nat Morris 
Hi all,

Thanks to Brandon Butterworth from Bogons the videos from UKNOF23 are
now available online. They are linked to from each talk on the
conference page:
http://indico.uknof.org.uk/conferenceOtherViews.py?view=standardconfId=24

Available on our YouTube channel http://www.youtube.com/user/uknofconf

Plus you can download them from here if you're not a YouTube fan,
http://indico.uknof.org.uk/videos/uknof23/

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Re: [uknof] List newbie!

2012-09-10 Thread Nat Morris 
On 10 September 2012 11:50, Jonty Hewlett jo...@positive-internet.com wrote:

 We are having a 'is peering going to give us any benefit over transit' debate 
 in the office and I was looking to
 find our top 1000 destination subnets being routed to - any suggestions on 
 how to go about this using Junos?

https://neon1.net/as-stats/

Also see Thomas' presentation here:
http://thomas.mangin.com/data/pdf/Linx%2069%20-%20Mangin%20-%20AS-STATS.pdf


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