RE: T1 short-haul vs. long-haul

2004-07-22 Thread Williams, Jeff
>o What is the "demarc"? Is it the jack/punch-block where the SmartJack is connected to? The demarc (short for demarcation point) is the last place on a circuit that the carrier is responsible. With a T1 this is typically some sort of semi-intelligent device (NIU, smartjack) that responds to

RE: [WAY OT]: concern over public peering points [WAS: Peering po int speed publicly available?]

2004-07-08 Thread Williams, Jeff
Not really a "WTF" on my part, but... Many years ago I was hand tracing a cable in a data center due to the usual lack of docs and ensuing spaghetti factory. Said cable went under the three foot raised floor, so I dove in. I'd been going for a while and was getting concerned that I'd accidental

RE: Quick circuit question.

2004-07-06 Thread Williams, Jeff
You might find what you're looking for at acterna.com/global/technical_resources/index_gbl.html They're the result of the TTC/ WWG merger. Jeff -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Scott Weeks Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 1:13 PM To: [EMAIL P

RE: Cisco HFR

2004-05-26 Thread Williams, Jeff
Peter Galbavy wrote: >Today's Financial Times in the UK carried a mutli-page (1/3rd or so of >each broadsheet page) series of ads for this platform. > >Ergh, the worst fluffy "now you can do this" marketing I have seen in >quite a while. When will they learn that "bigger, faster, harder" is >di

RE: Security of Equipment in poorly-secured locations.

2004-05-04 Thread Williams, Jeff
Although a webcam is cheaper, Netbotz has a slick rackmount camera that does envionmentals as well. On motion detection it snaps 5 frames off to a central server which can be tied into a NMS. In this particular case, the colo being open racks (apparently), physical security was lacking a lot. B

RE: Cisco website www.cisco.com 403 forbidden?

2004-03-15 Thread Williams, Jeff
It was down the first time I tried... seems to be back now. Jeff -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Todd Mitchell - lists Sent: Monday, March 15, 2004 1:23 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Cisco website www.cisco.com 403 forbidden? | B