Cogent pulled out of Russia based on risk analysis

Confirmation from their CEO that Cogent shut down service in Russia due to increased use of the connections for cyberattacks, and because only $10m in rev came from Russia. Cogent had no equipment in Russia. Details: https://youtu.be/l_x2LQZOzF8 Ms. Lady Benjamin PD Cannon of Glencoe, ASCE 6x7

Re: ISP data collection from home routers

w or wether their data are harvested > >and also sold. > > They do. https://www.fcc.gov/general/customer-privacy > > >> On Thu, Mar 24, 2022 at 9:12 AM Lady Benjamin Cannon of Glencoe, ASCE >> wrote: >> This is an enormous problem, see: >> https

Re: ISP data collection from home routers

This is an enormous problem, see: https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2021/10/ftc-staff-report-finds-many-internet-service-providers-collect-troves-personal-data-users-have-few Consumers should have legal say in how or wether their data are harvested and also sold. Ms. Lady Benj

Re: Asia Apac networks

This sort of thing in general is not uncommon in my experience. Many networks weight our outbound with local preferences. Ms. Lady Benjamin PD Cannon of Glencoe, ASCE 6x7 Networks & 6x7 Telecom, LLC CEO l...@6by7.net "The only fully end-to-end encrypted global telecommunications company in th

Re: Fiber contractor in Washington state

Interestingly I’m looking for the same thing at the moment, need a lateral and a few blocks trenched. Ms. Lady Benjamin PD Cannon of Glencoe, ASCE 6x7 Networks & 6x7 Telecom, LLC CEO l...@6by7.net "The only fully end-to-end encrypted global telecommunications company in the world.” FCC Licens

Re: What do you think about this airline vs 5G brouhaha?

Jay, one thing you’re missing is that a maximum of 2 (and almost always 1) radar altimeter will be in use per airfield, as one aircraft will be landing at a time. 2 at SFO in good weather. (Where it doesn’t matter if they work). Apparently some old gear has trouble with even a 500MHz guard ba

Re: What do you think about this airline vs 5G brouhaha?

Let’s be clear, this is not a 5G issue. LTE in the space spectrum would be an issue. This is a spectrum issue. Only. Ms. Lady Benjamin PD Cannon of Glencoe, ASCE 6x7 Networks & 6x7 Telecom, LLC CEO l...@6by7.net "The only fully end-to-end encrypted global telecommunications company in the

Re: What do you think about this airline vs 5G brouhaha?

Interference with radar altimeters is a serious issue. As a pilot myself, if this fails, you crash with all hands lost. That said, we should be able to eliminate the possibility of any interference. So this shouldn’t be a thing. But also, you don’t f- with radar altimeters. Ms. Lady Benja

Re: Long hops on international paths

Carrier class core routers still cost half a million dollars each or (way) more, so it’s not uncommon for there to be 2-4 in a metro. And there are only a few metros that have undersea cable landing stations. We deploy a minimum of a pair of core routers everywhere, but with our BGP/OSPF/iBGP c

Re: ipv4 on mobile networks

I’m typing this on an LTE UE on our network with a NAT’d IPv4 IP address. Feels relevant. —L.B. Ms. Lady Benjamin PD Cannon of Glencoe, ASCE 6x7 Networks & 6x7 Telecom, LLC CEO l...@6by7.net "The only fully end-to-end encrypted global telecommunications company in the

Re: Network visibility

C License KJ6FJJ Sent from my iPhone via RFC1149. > On Oct 20, 2021, at 10:19 PM, Mark Tinka wrote: > >  > >> On 10/20/21 20:37, Lady Benjamin Cannon of Glencoe, ASCE wrote: >> >> -48VDC power is still the best. > > I really envy folk that love DC for netw

Re: Network visibility

> On Oct 20, 2021, at 8:04 AM, Mark Tinka > wrote: > > > At any rate, you may very well need more than one system to monitor your > entire network. > > Mark. Not the least of reasons for this: Redundancy. We have more than 1 tool doing every job, incase there’s a b

Re: 100GbE beyond 40km

Above 40km I like coherent systems with FEC. You can feed the juniper into a pair of SolidOptics 1U appliances Ms. Lady Benjamin PD Cannon of Glencoe, ASCE 6x7 Networks & 6x7 Telecom, LLC CEO l...@6by7.net "The only fully end-to-end encrypted global telecommunications company in the world.”

Re: Fiber Network Equipment Commercial Norms

<mailto:l...@6by7.net> "The only fully end-to-end encrypted global telecommunications company in the world.” FCC License KJ6FJJ > On Sep 22, 2021, at 8:49 PM, Seth Mattinen wrote: > > On 9/22/21 6:12 PM, Lady Benjamin Cannon of Glencoe, ASCE wrote: >> If someone were to m

Re: Fiber Network Equipment Commercial Norms

If someone were to make us remove a redundant DWDM node, we’d charge them list price to ever consider putting it back*, plus a deposit, plus our costs for the removal in the first place. Bad move. Enjoy the $8million, it could cost more than that to undo this mistake. *you’d actually never ev

Re: Fiber Network Equipment Commercial Norms

e/cooling. > > Shane Ronan > >>> On Sep 22, 2021, at 12:45 PM, Lady Benjamin Cannon of Glencoe, ASCE >>> wrote: >>> >> Fiber in a building adds 8% to the value of that building. Half-penny >> pinching “mah powah” landlords are especially a

Re: Fiber Network Equipment Commercial Norms

Those, as well as cable and label tags with the NOC nunber, are worth their weight in gold to be honest. Almost any telco should give you a Right of Entry agreement that codified things like insurance, etc. It’s “our gear” so of course we are responsible for it, but you should codify it in an

Re: Fiber Network Equipment Commercial Norms

Fiber in a building adds 8% to the value of that building. Half-penny pinching “mah powah” landlords are especially annoying in a cosmic sense - and just make me want to replace them. The telecommunications act of 1934 permits telcos to enter a building with their equipment. I’d upgrade the

Re: Never push the Big Red Button (New York City subway failure)

Code requires this here. The intent of the EPO buttons are to immediately disconnect all energized power to the entire facility/building in the event of a critical fault like an electrical fire or electrocution. Only locally-battery powered low-voltage emergency lighting should still be opera

Re: The great Netflix vpn debacle! (geofeeds)

At the risk of going off-topic, there must be an over-representation of network engineers as their customer: because I bought the same TV to also use as a 4k monitor. And the power supply on it just died. Samsung makes a 39” 4k and I haven’t been able to find it. How’s this relevant? We’ve b

Re: Reminder: Never connect a generator to home wiring without transfer switch

Yes, this is a real and dangerous problem. Today. Even with grounding I’m afraid. Source: I’ve been working in an engineering capacity for 27 years and I have the license you’d need to build a nuclear power plant. Things people underestimate in my opinion: Water. Wind. Transformers. Eart

Re: Reminder: Never connect a generator to home wiring without transfer switch

So the issue here is even a small 120vac current becomes a very fatal event at 7.2 or 11 or 14.4kV. It’s a safety issue for linepersons doing emergency restoration work. Ms. Lady Benjamin PD Cannon of Glencoe, ASCE 6x7 Networks & 6x7 Telecom, LLC CEO l...@6by7.net "The only fully end-to-end

Re: "Tactical" /24 announcements

This will break the internet at scale. No. Ms. Lady Benjamin PD Cannon of Glencoe, ASCE 6x7 Networks & 6x7 Telecom, LLC CEO l...@6by7.net "The only fully end-to-end encrypted global telecommunications company in the world.” FCC License KJ6FJJ Sent from my iPhone via RFC1149. > On Aug 9, 2021

Alien waves

Does anyone have a comprehensive (or any) list of carriers doing alien wavelengths? (background: https://thecinict.com/2021/03/05/adding-alien-wavelengths/ https://www.ekinops.com/solutions/optical-transport/alien-wavelength ) Emphasis on subsea operators. —L.B. Ms. Lady Benjamin PD Cannon of

Re: 100G, input errors and/or transceiver issues

We... don’t see anything like this... on the transport side, FEC is more than sufficient to effectively eliminate errors. On the LAN side, check your connections. Reiterating that this is not normal or expected behavior. —L.B. Ms. Lady Benjamin PD Cannon of Glencoe, ASCE 6x7 Networks & 6x7 Te

Re: New minimum speed for US broadband connections

Then honestly we should organize and do a better job. Imagine if all the carriers represented here worked together, combined builds, etc. We’ve finally got a few of the tier-1s playing ball with us, but it took 27 years. Anyone interested, reach out. We’re going under the SF bay in a $50m

Where do you hire telecom relationship mgrs?

At the risk of running afoul (moderators pls delete if inappropriate) - I’d like to ask the group as a whole where you go these days to find experienced enterprise telecom relationship managers/salespeople? I’m talking about the 1-2% of the pool that bring their own book, have existing relatio

Re: New minimum speed for US broadband connections

And, hell, even for the middle miles! > > -Mike > >> On May 29, 2021, at 07:47, Lady Benjamin Cannon of Glencoe, ASCE >> wrote: >> >> So I’ll do this, on purpose. Here’s the result: >> >> We decided, oh, 28 years ago, not to offer an insulting

Re: New minimum speed for US broadband connections

So I’ll do this, on purpose. Here’s the result: We decided, oh, 28 years ago, not to offer an insulting service tier at all; all our services, even the most “entry level” are designed to make you feel not just special, but like you’re one of perhaps 6 billionaire customers we have and depend e

Re: MPLS/MEF Switches and NIDs

Ciena was chosen by AT&T to deliver much of their enterprise fiber in MTOBs and such. Unsure if they run MPLS but it looks like it from the physical topology. Ms. Lady Benjamin PD Cannon of Glencoe, ASCE 6x7 Networks & 6x7 Telecom, LLC CEO l...@6by7.net "The only fully end-to-end encrypted glo

Re: New minimum speed for US broadband connections

you want > to? > > The feedback I hear from more and more customers with regards to upload is > teleconferencing for work/school and IOT type devices uploading to the cloud…. > > > Brandon > > > > > > From: Mike Lyon > Sent: Friday,

Re: New minimum speed for US broadband connections

Sent from my iPhone via RFC1149. > On May 28, 2021, at 3:29 PM, Mike Lyon wrote: > >  > Curious, when you look at the usage on those 100/100 plans. What are they > actually using? If they aren't actually using it, then why up the minimum? Simple, our time isn’t free. The less time humanit

Re: New minimum speed for US broadband connections

Phone via RFC1149. > On May 28, 2021, at 6:55 AM, Mike Hammett wrote: > >  > Clearly not a residential mass-market service. > > > > - > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions > http://www.ics-il.com > > Midwest-IX > http://www.midwest-ix.co

Re: New minimum speed for US broadband connections

At least 100/100. We don’t like selling slower than 10g anymore, that’s what I’d start everyone at if I could. —L.B. Ms. Lady Benjamin PD Cannon of Glencoe, ASCE 6x7 Networks & 6x7 Telecom, LLC CEO l...@6by7.net "The only fully end-to-end encrypted global telecommunicat

Re: DDoS attack with blackmail

20 years ago I wrote an automatic teardrop attack. If your IP spammed us 5 times, then a script would run, knocking the remote host off the internet entirely. Later I modified it to launch 1000 teardrop attacks/second… Today, contact the FBI. And get a mitigation service above your borders i

Re: link monitoring

We monitor light levels and FEC values on all links and have thresholds for early-warning and PRe-failure analysis. Short answer is yes we see links lose packets before completely failing and for dozens of reasons that’s still a good thing, but you need to monitor every part of a resilient net

Re: OOB management options @ 60 Hudson & 1 Summer

We don’t advertise it, but we’ll do the same where we can, which is most POPs. The 2mbit waived commit is smart, clean. I like it! Maybe a list for mutual OOB trades? —L.B. Ms. Lady Benjamin PD Cannon of Glencoe, ASCE 6x7 Networks & 6x7 Telecom, LLC CEO l...@6by7.net