RE: dry pair

2003-08-29 Thread Randy Neals (ORION)
>How would an alarm company get around this? Would Qwest need >to run copper into the neighborhood if any one of the people >purchased an alarm? If not, how would the alarm company get >the signal pushed through the fiber, and could that be done >with the dsl signal? Most home/small busines

RE: dry pair

2003-08-29 Thread Randy Neals (ORION)
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>From what I recall there is no guarentee that the Qwest >tarrif for NB3 is actually a straight-through copper pair >[section 7.3.1.B.2.a.(4)]... note the restriction of >signaling frequency >see the Terms & Conditions in section 7.3.1.B.2.a.(2). By requesting a c

RE: dry pair

2003-08-29 Thread Randy Neals (ORION)
Here is the Qwest Tariff (assuming your in Colorado.) http://tariffs.uswest.com:8000/docs/TARIFFS/Colorado/COAC/co_a_c_s007p00 1.pdf#USW-TOC00 See sheet 16, near the bottom of the page... It looks like you want an NB3 circuit with DC continuity. -R >-Original Message- >From: [EMA

RE: Sobig.f surprise attack today

2003-08-22 Thread Randy Neals (ORION)
Where does one get hold of "The List" to know if your on it. I've read many of the briefing/press releases put out by the anti-virus companies but they all seem to be witholding "the list" of master servers. -R >-Original Message- >Behalf Of Omachonu Ogali >Sent: August 22, 2003 2:46

Availability of Natural Gas during Blackout

2003-08-17 Thread Randy Neals (ORION)
Some weeks back there was a dicussion on the merits of naural gas versus diesel generators. It is my observation that Natural Gas continued to be available throught this recent blackout. In speaking to a friend who works for the gas company he informed me that the compressor stations on the main

Re: East Coast outage?

2003-08-17 Thread Randy Neals (ORION)
> I wasn't aware that there are high voltage DC long-haul lines that then > are converted to AC for local distribution. Another use for HVDC is to isolate transmission networks. Hydro Quebec uses Back-to-Back High Voltage DC conversion equipment at its interconnection points with other transmissi

NANOG25 - MRTG Stats for Hotel Network

2002-06-09 Thread Randy Neals
A NANOG25 Info Message: For those interested in the amount of bandwidth used at NANOG25. Utilization of the Hotel Router can be viewed at: http://nanogmrtg.grouptelecom.net/ ATM 2/0 is the OC-3c that connects the Hotel to the outside world. -Randy

NANOG25-Terminal Room Printer Now Operational

2002-06-09 Thread Randy Neals
A NANOG25 Info Message: The terminal room printer is now operational It is an HP Laserjet 4100DTN Windows Printing: - Workgroup=01_PRINT_SERVER Server=PRINT_SERVER Printer=Terminal Room Printer - ATLAS IP Printing: See the IP Address posted on the front of the prin

RE: Certification or College degrees? Was: RE: list problems?

2002-05-23 Thread Randy Neals
Kristian P. Jackson, might have said: >Perhaps a bachelors in network engineering is in order? Masters Degree in Internetworking http://www.dal.ca/~eine/ -Randy

RE: Network Reliability Engineering

2002-05-20 Thread Randy Neals
While it is possible to get the FIT numbers for hardware and calculate network availability, our experience has been that modelling hardware reliability and calculating network availability was not particularly usefull as hardware and fiber transmission systems are usually the least signifigant

RE: anybody else been spammed by "no-ip.com" yet?

2002-05-06 Thread Randy Neals
An example of challenge/response email authentication. http://www.myprivacy.ca/ -R -Original Message- From: Ralph Doncaster [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: May 6, 2002 7:32 PM To: Scott Francis Cc: Forrest W. Christian; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Eric A. Hall; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: an

NANOG 25 - Toronto - Any Questions?

2002-04-28 Thread Randy Neals
1 to CAD$2.27 (Hotel Room GBP 65) EUR$1 to CAD$1.40 (Hotel Room EUR$105) YEN 100 to CAD$1.22 (Hotel Room YEN 12,228) Randy Neals Group Telecom [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: If you were in a government Cyber-warning center

2002-04-26 Thread Randy Neals
>Conduit? What's THAT ;-? Only exposed (bridge crossing, etc) >parts are in conduit. Conduit is typically used along the entire length of most railway builds I have seen. Most recent railway builds have been multi conduit projects with up to 12 x 1.5 inch HDPE conduits plowed in by rail mount

RE: Google doing regional preferencing on results?

2002-04-26 Thread Randy Neals
Google appears to have the capability to georeference their index by country and possibly with even finer geographic granularity. I noticed that they are now redirecting users to country specific versions of their web page which appears to be done through the various IP address to location tool

RE: [off topic]Re: NANOG costs

2002-04-10 Thread Randy Neals
Howard C. Berkowitz said, >Chinese poutine. The mind reels. Wrong Province, but not so far off really. While your eating your imported poutine you can visit the Feng Shui Research Center around the corner from the Hotel on West Beaver Creek. -R

RE: NANOG costs

2002-04-10 Thread Randy Neals
The good news is that the Hotel costs in Richmond Hill are considerably less than past venues. And, the exchange rate is currently USD$1 to about CAD$1.60, And, the beer has more alcohol content. If your really trying to save money fly to Buffalo on Jet Blue, rent a car, and drive to Toronto. I