[uknof] #NetDiff 5 - Tuesday 23rd July - Cardiff

All, #NetDiff 5 is coming up soon, on Tuesday 23rd July at 7pm. We're going to be upstairs in the Head of Steam, Church Street, Cardiff again. If you'd like to come along, please register for a free ticket on EventBrite https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/920936073587 #NetDiff is about spending some

Re: [uknof] #NetDiff 5 - Tuesday 25th June - Cardiff

Apologies all - apparently Foo Fighters are playing in Cardiff next Tuesday, so the pub can't accomodate us. NetDiff 5 will now be Tuesday 23rd July :) Tickets still from the same URL... Still looking for a talk Simon On Mon Jun 17, 2024 at 11:47:31AM +0100, Simon Lockhart wrote: >

[uknof] #NetDiff 5 - Tuesday 25th June - Cardiff

All, #NetDiff 5 is coming up soon, on Tuesday 25th June at 7pm. We're going to be upstairs in the Head of Steam, Church Street, Cardiff again. We're still looking for a talk for this month, so if you'd like to present a short talk on anything network related, please let us know. If you'd like

[uknof] #NetDiff 4 - Tuesday 28th May - Cardiff

All, #NetDiff 4 is coming up soon, on Tuesday 28th May at 7pm. We're going to be upstairs in the Head of Steam, Church Street, Cardiff again. This month's talk is on the subject of "The search for the Welsh Border - Adventures from an Ogi Fibre Project" If you'd like to come along, please

Re: [uknof] tail aggregator

On Fri Apr 19, 2024 at 02:26:04PM +, Andy Davidson wrote: > That?s an NNI. Does anyone _not_ offer that? Yes, Openreach :) (Well, until EAD2...) Simon

[uknof] #NetDiff 3 - Tuesday 23rd April - Cardiff

All, After having to cancel the event in March due to a large sports event filling all the pubs, we're going to try again for April... #NetDiff 3 is coming up next week, on Tuesday 23rd April at 7pm. We're going to be upstairs in the Head of Steam, Church Street, Cardiff again. This month's

[uknof] Network contact at National Lottery / Allwyn

Does anyone have a (working) network contact at National Lottery and/or Allwyn? They appear to be blocking access to their website from one of our /22's. Of course, to our users, this is our problem to solve. I've tried phoning them, but they just gave me an email address which doesn't seem to

[uknof] #NetDiff 2 - Tuesday 26th March - Cardiff

All, #NetDiff 2 is coming up next week, on Tuesday 26th March at 7pm. We're going to be upstairs in the Head of Steam, Church Street, Cardiff again. This month's talk is on the subject of "Beyond 1G broadband | What about your WiFi?" If you'd like to come along, please register for a free

[uknof] #NetDiff inaugural meeting - Tuesday 27th Feb - Cardiff

All, Building on the success of #NetLdn and #NetMcr, we felt a bit left out down here in South Wales, so we're having our inaugural #NetDiff meeting next Tuesday evening, 7pm in the Head of Steam pub, Cardiff. If you're nearby, we'd really like you to join us. Our first talk is from Steve Jones,

Re: [uknof] I want fibre!!!

On Mon Jun 19, 2023 at 09:28:10AM +, Jethro Binks wrote: > I went a walkaround for work purposes with an OR engineer a while back in the > city centre, he was looking for the T-node which wasn't in the place > documented so had to pop a few lids. Every time there were other provider > fibres

Re: [uknof] How much db is required over loss to operate a steady service - PON Optics

> [https://www.airband.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Email_Signature_LinkedIn.png] > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/airband-community-internet-ltd/> > Company no. 07114545. Registered in England and Wales. -- Simon Lockhart | * Server Co-location * ADSL * Domain Registrat

[uknof] Zen Full Fibre with Cisco router

All, Does anyone have any experience with using a Cisco router as CPE for a Zen Full Fibre connection? I'm trying to bring a new line up for a company I work with, and whilst I was able to get the Cisco to successfully connect and get Internet connectivity, the PPP session consistently drops

[uknof] Equinix Fabric and QinQ

All, Does anyone have experience with Equinix Fabric connections and can help me with a QinQ issue? When you establish an Equinix Fabric Port, you can choose Dot1Q or QinQ mode for the port. If you choose Dot1Q, you specify just a single tag when you build a connection over the port, and if you

Re: [uknof] Age Old Question - Juniper vs Cisco

On Tue Jul 27, 2021 at 01:23:36PM +, Andy Hunter wrote: > We are upgrading our network to accommodate 100Gb, and are replacing our > existing Cisco infrastructure, whilst investigating this we have been seduced > with the power vs capability of the Juniper vs Cisco Question. I went around

Re: [uknof] Finding out future Openreach plans for a cabinet

On Wed Oct 07, 2020 at 06:55:34PM +0100, Alan Ramsay wrote: > So it seems that OR are trying to sweat their copper a bit longer at least. I suspect it's more to do with the government grants/subsidies that Openreach can get for installing fibre to places that don't have decent broadband already.

Re: [uknof] TTB Outage

> > On Tue Aug 18, 2020 at 09:05:15AM +0100, Paul Bone wrote: > > > Is there anyone from TTB who can confirm the likely resolution time? And > > > also does sound a bit suspiciously like equipment only running off one > > > power rail. Latest update from TTB: The impact on TalkTalk equipment is

Re: [uknof] TTB Outage

On Tue Aug 18, 2020 at 09:05:15AM +0100, Paul Bone wrote: > Is there anyone from TTB who can confirm the likely resolution time? And > also does sound a bit suspiciously like equipment only running off one > power rail. There is a catastrophic power failure in HEX 8/9 (Equinix LD8) affecting

Re: [uknof] Openreach Siehell

On Tue Aug 04, 2020 at 04:04:29pm +, Adrian Bolster wrote: > Is there anyone from Openreach here who would be willing to offer some > assistance with Openreach's Siebel eCo ordering process? I am at my wits' end > trying to get it to process an order. There's probably a few of us fairly

Re: [uknof] Thought for the day: announce the end of IPv4 internet connections by 2026

On Wed May 27, 2020 at 12:27:49pm +0100, Paul Mansfield wrote: > according to the SOA for bbc.net.uk there should be a b...@bbc.co.uk > who can answer why! Because I don't remember writing IPv6 support in my (perl) load balancing DNS server :) BBC have, however, run IPv6 on www.bbc.co.uk at

Re: [uknof] Docklands-Williams spectrum

On Mon May 18, 2020 at 12:48:32pm +, Catalin Dominte wrote: > I am looking for a someone who can offer optical spectrum from Docklands (any > of the usual subjects) to Equinix Williams House in Manchester. My client > wants to put a 50Ghz coherent device at either end, so the supplier would >

Re: [uknof] GEA Cablelink "external"

On Fri May 22, 2020 at 02:48:41pm +0100, James Bensley wrote: > Where are you ordering the external variant cable-link to/from? I > presume you're requesting that one end is a handover chamber outside, > where are you requesting the other end be? They are a mixture of an > internal variant 3 (from

Re: [uknof] London Dark Fibre

Stuart Henderson wrote: > If it's only 10G then you might want to look at using a wavelength on > somebody's > wdm system instead rather than dark fibre. There will be many options for > this, > to pick one that shows prices: https://www.bogons.net/aboutus/prices.shtml >

Re: [uknof] COVID-19 offers of help and network changes

On Tue Mar 17, 2020 at 09:10:33AM +, Job Snijders wrote: > I'm happy to have 1 hour > webex calls in which I can offer 1 hour of 'free consultancy' on any topic I > might know something about. Yeah - likewise. I'm located not near any of the big Internet hubs (both London and Manchester are a

Re: [uknof] Fibre internet - was Re: Current State of Multicast on the Internet?

On Wed Oct 02, 2019 at 12:04:09PM +0100, David Derrick wrote: > Any idea when we can expect to see trained dolphins pulling fibre reels > across the Scapa Flow? I know a few divers headed that way, perhaps I can bribe them to drag some fibre along behind the dive boat... Simon

Re: [uknof] Current State of Multicast on the Internet?

On Mon Sep 02, 2019 at 09:14:38PM +0100, Ray Bellis wrote: > How does multicast cope there whenever someone presses the "pause" button? In my experience, the STB (or TV) writes the multicast stream to disk, in much the same way that my Sky box does when I press pause. Simon

Re: [uknof] Dark Fibre providers in London

On Thu Feb 07, 2019 at 01:54:10PM +, James Bensley wrote: > Between the DCs apart from Zayo, Colt have a good DF footprint. Yes, COLT have been mentioned a couple of times. Does anyone have a good sales contact there? > Between the exchanges, are BT/OR off the cards - they are the obvious >

[uknof] Dark Fibre providers in London

All, It's a few years since I've been shopping for this, so I thought it worthwhile updating my list of suitable candidates... I'm looking for some dark fibre around London - probably two (or more) rings, the first linking some datacentres (Interxion LON1, Telehouse, Sovereign House and HEX),

Re: [uknof] CoLo in Leeds

On Wed Oct 17, 2018 at 10:12:56am +, Paul Bone wrote: > Can anyone recommend some well-connected CoLo space in Leeds? AQL. Simon

Re: [uknof] SSE Fibre Problems this evening

On Thu Jul 26, 2018 at 09:51:28PM +, Paul Bone wrote: > Our circuit has just come back up. As did all our affected ones... Simon

Re: [uknof] SSE Fibre Problems this evening

On Thu Jul 26, 2018 at 09:36:00PM +, Paul Webb wrote: > Anyone in the now on the SSE network problems between Wales and London this > evening from 8.15pm? Seems to be affecting Surf too? "Emergency fibre repair at Froxfield affecting various services between 20:00 BST Thursday 26th and 06:00

[uknof] Anyone have a Flexbox (with CFP slot) at/near Interxion

kit isn't liking them unprogrammed. Alternatively, if someone is in Interxion today/tomorrow with one and would be willing to program the optic for us, that would also work... Many thanks in advance, Simon -- Simon Lockhart | * Server Co-location * ADSL * Domain Registration * Director

[uknof] Juniper MX204/MX10003

All, Does anyone have any experience of the Juniper MX10003 and/or MX204? I’ve always been a Cisco person for core network, and had been looking at ASR9k as a 100G upgrade path for our core - but the MX10003 is coming in at under half the price of an equivalent ASR9000 build. Equally, I’d been

Re: [uknof] Cisco reseller recommendation

On Thu Feb 08, 2018 at 01:01:28PM +, Aled Morris wrote: > Can anyone recommend a cheap Cisco reseller? > > I'm looking for a couple of ASR1002-HX routers for (CG)NAT gateways. I buy similar kit for a similar purpose from Go Communications. Simon

Re: [uknof] Wholesale broadband query

you're connected to (I think the BTW one does). If it doesn't list a cabinet (PCP) number, then it's an EO line. Simon -- Simon Lockhart | * Server Co-location * ADSL * Domain Registration * Director| * Domain & Web Hosting * Connectivity * Consultancy * Bogons Ltd

Re: [uknof] Good ISPs in the UK

r/mb cost. > Any recommendations are welcome. Depends what you're after, where, and what volume. There's plenty of us ISPs out there who genuinely believe we're well connected and that our pricing is competitive! Simon -- Simon Lockhart | * Server Co-location * ADSL * Domain Registration *

Re: [uknof] Example of total DC loss

rporate incidents, including Three, Capita, and Vodafone > > · The Telecity power issues from a few years back, though they were > less than a day > > > > Simon > -- Simon Lockhart | * Server Co-location * ADSL * Domain Registration * Director| * Domain & Web Hosting * Connectivity * Consultancy * Bogons Ltd | * http://www.bogons.net/ * Email: i...@bogons.net *

Re: [uknof] Single Mode SFP with fibre patch lead anyone at or around postcode SG12FP

On Wed Mar 22, 2017 at 11:07:18PM +, Neil J. McRae wrote: > > On 22 Mar 2017, at 14:02, Simon Lockhart <si...@slimey.org> wrote: > > Is that demand not driven largely by the fact that 1G EAD is only available > > on fibre? > No. You clearly have a very differen

Re: [uknof] Single Mode SFP with fibre patch lead anyone at or around postcode SG12FP

On Wed Mar 22, 2017 at 01:36:57PM +, Neil J. McRae wrote: > I think that depends on the market you are in, for downstream BT with 1G > sized customers fibre is in much more demand than copper, same was true at > the last two places I worked at also. Neil, Is that demand not driven largely

Re: [uknof] Single Mode SFP with fibre patch lead anyone at or around postcode SG12FP

On Sat Mar 18, 2017 at 06:55:38PM +, Gavin Henry wrote: > So, customer needs an sfp and patch lead by Monday...hmmm..why do they do > this at weekends and not tell you so you can advise. Amazon Prime? :)

Re: [uknof] Single Mode SFP with fibre patch lead anyone at or around postcode SG12FP

On Sat Mar 18, 2017 at 05:14:40PM +, Gavin Henry wrote: > OR didn't deliver RJ45 presentation like requested and our customer is > trying to get this up at the weekend If it's GigE presentation on an EAD, then fibre is the only choice. You can choose between multimode and singlemode,

Re: [uknof] DWDM

On Mon Feb 20, 2017 at 02:32:38PM +, Charl Tintinger wrote: > We are looking for dark fibre (lit services as 2nd resort), in areas such > as Devon / Shropshire back to any of our current POP locations and/or LINX > 224 / LONAP. Charl, A lot will depend on where your PoPs are - and therefore

[uknof] L2 circuit from London to Florence

All, Is anyone on-list familiar with the telecoms scene in Italy? I'm trying to get an Ethernet L2 circuit to a customer site in Florence from one of our datacentres in London (or Amsterdam, if that makes it easier). I've spoken to several of our "usual suspect" suppliers, and they've either

Re: [uknof] BBC Peering

On Mon Nov 21, 2016 at 12:55:51pm +, Alistair Mackenzie wrote: > I'm trying to get in contact with someone at BBC who can help with peering > at IXScotland. I'm not sure if they're live there yet. Physical connection is there, but not sure if it has been extended back to their nearest peering

Re: [uknof] IX-Reach / Console - gone down hill?

> On 1 Sep 2016, at 18:38, n...@bhost.net wrote: > > Are there any other folks out there who were once satisfied IX Reach > customers but think it's gone down hill since acquisition by Console? > Wondering if it's just me or not! Not just you. We've been having nothing but

Re: [uknof] WLR3 BTOR TPI companies

On Wed Jul 06, 2016 at 10:55:13PM +0100, Gavin Henry wrote: > I presume some of you will be using one of these: > > * Strategic Imperatives - www.imperatives.co.uk Company that $dayjob has just acquired uses these folk, and only has good things to say about them. Simon

Re: [uknof] Peering with Limelight Networks

On Fri Jun 17, 2016 at 01:22:19PM +, Paul Bone wrote: > We are seeing a fairly high percentage of traffic from their AS on our > transit (particularly during the England game yesterday!) and I have tried > several times to contact them via the Peering DB site to no avail. Given you mention

Re: [uknof] IOS Mail App (was Re: vendor-neutral json representation of firewall rules...)

> *moo* That's better :) Simon

Re: [uknof] IOS Mail App (was Re: vendor-neutral json representation of firewall rules...)

On Tue Jun 07, 2016 at 02:55:16PM +0100, Edward Dore wrote: > I think Nico's theory that Simon has an app installed which is causing the > body of the message to be treated as an attachment that should be opened > externally is most likely. I think I know what it is... I have an ancient procmail

Re: [uknof] IOS Mail App (was Re: vendor-neutral json representation of firewall rules...)

> Seems to be related to the PGP signature. Yes, it's certainly triggered by PGP. Do you have any PGP extensions or settings enabled? Simon

[uknof] IOS Mail App (was Re: vendor-neutral json representation of firewall rules...)

> On 7 Jun 2016, at 11:32, Tom Hill wrote: > > Hopefully attachments come through to the list. Does anyone else have this problem with IOS Mail app? Simon

Re: [uknof] Telecity Williams - Full Rack

I ask them regularly, and they keep telling me they have no space in Williams. Plenty of space in the other Manchester sites, though... Simon -- Simon Lockhart | * Server Co-location * ADSL * Domain Registration * Director| * Domain & Web Hosting * Connectivity * Consultancy *

Re: [uknof] Virginmedia

policy is "restrictive", and a copy of the policy is linked to. Simon -- Simon Lockhart | * Server Co-location * ADSL * Domain Registration * Director| * Domain & Web Hosting * Connectivity * Consultancy * Bogons Ltd | * http://www.bogons.net/ * Email: i...@bogons.net *

[uknof] SPAM: Re: CP's who unbundle BT exchanges - faster Cablelinks

On Tue Feb 16, 2016 at 03:15:21PM +, Simon Lockhart wrote: > If you think this is a good idea, please can you vote for the SOR in the SOR > Management tool [...] For those of you not familiar with the SOR tool, the URL is https://openreach.sormanagement.net/Default.aspx

[uknof] CP's who unbundle BT exchanges - faster Cablelinks

This is a request to those CPs on list who unbundle BT exchanges, and use the Internal Cablelink product to interconnect with other CPs (e.g. for backhaul). At the moment, an Internal Cablelink takes between 20 and 25 working days (i.e. 4 to 5 weeks) to be delivered. This is equivalent to a

Re: [uknof] Anyone here unbundled BT Tower exchange (WEWBLO)?

On Wed Feb 10, 2016 at 11:36:17AM +, Ben Doherty wrote: > Were you guys not offered attended handovers? We try and always do these to > figure out access problems. We had one recently where our kit was in an area > that had a key lock, We've always just done virtual handovers, which up until

Re: [uknof] Fwd: internet connection record

On Wed Jan 20, 2016 at 11:35:27AM +, Hal Ponton wrote: > I believe what the government is looking for is the "first slash" record. So > a visit to www.bbc.co.uk/news would have to be > recorded as www.bbc.co.uk / How would you, as a service

[uknof] 10G London - Manchester (Interxion to Williams House)

All, Is there anyone on list who can provision a 10G layer 2 service between London (Interxion LON1) and Manchester (Telecity Williams House). I have an urgent requirement for this, so I'm looking for someone who can turn it up within about a week. Target price is under £10k/year, and I only

Re: [uknof] 10G London - Manchester (Interxion to Williams House)

On Mon Oct 12, 2015 at 09:44:50AM +0100, James Bensley wrote: > IIX / IXReach should be able to turn this up in a jiffy now they have > gobbled up Allegro; > > http://www.ixreach.com/wp-content/uploads/PoP-List.pdf They were my firt port of call, but they're quoting 3 weeks... Simon

[uknof] Wireless leased-line provider in Glasgow

All, Is anyone on-list a provider of wireless leased-line (i.e. ethernet over radio) services in the Glasgow area? Or, can anyone recommend someone? I've got a requirement and am currently struggling to find someone already operating in Glasgow who can help. Unfortunately we've been let down

Re: [uknof] Ofcom proposals to force BT OpenReach forced to allow access to dark fibre?

On 27 May 2015, at 10:05, Tim Bray t...@kooky.org wrote: According to the friendly BT openreach man who came and spent 45 minutes connecting a BT NTE the other day, this plan is definitely happening. (although he might be wrong) I was at a meeting with Openreach last week, and someone there

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

On Fri Apr 24, 2015 at 01:54:16PM +, Neil J. McRae wrote: BT Spain? We have a lot of network in Spain. As I've also been asked to look at stuff in Spain, I'm interested in this too. Which bit of BT do we speak to, to get more information about this? Or is it run completely separate from BT

Re: [uknof] The operator's operator

. As long as it's 'legal', we don't really mind what the content is. Cause us to get several copyright infringement notices, and we'll get annoyed. Simon -- Simon Lockhart | * Server Co-location * ADSL * Domain Registration * Director| * Domain Web Hosting * Connectivity * Consultancy

Re: [uknof] The operator's operator

the CPE to your NNI or do you pay for a big pipe? Using our BTW account I've downloaded their WBC and WBMC price lists and I've never seen anything like it! The xls is mental. Nothing like the SIP one. Pass - we use an aggregator too :) Simon -- Simon Lockhart | * Server Co-location * ADSL

Re: [uknof] what is TFM61

On Thu Feb 19, 2015 at 02:34:39PM +0100, Michal Maslowiec wrote: Could you please help me to explain what is TFM61 number in context od Telehouse East? Is it a rack number or a room number or else? TFM61 is a shared space room. According to my map ( http://www.slimey.org/telehouse_map.txt

[uknof] Openreach Ethernet price reductions - when do they take effect?

All, I've not managed to find a definitive answer to this on the Openreach website, and although we've asked our account manager, I'm not sure I believe his answer (some of which contradicts what I can find on the Openreach website). Therefore, I thought I'd ask the collective... When Openreach

Re: [uknof] Ethernet over FTTC (GEA-FTTC)

On 11 Jan 2015, at 03:55, Wojciech Lesiak wojciech.les...@gmail.com wrote: Does anyone have any detailed information about this product? Is it similar to leased line, is it possible to run BGP session over it ? GEA-FTTC is presented to the service provider as Ethernet in the handover

[uknof] Openreach Infrastructure Discovery map tool

All, Openreach's Infrastructure Discovery map tool has been in 'trial' since August. Does anyone on-list have access to this trial? If so, can you contact me off-list? I have a favour to ask... Simon

Re: [uknof] Virgin Media Products

On Tue Sep 16, 2014 at 01:22:27PM +0100, James Bensley wrote: Hi All, Can anyone clarify for me the differenence between these virgin products; Ethernet PtP/PtMP IP VPN Ethernet VPN Leased Lines HCS - This is the only one I am sure off. Based on what I've seen so far: Leased Line =

[uknof] Temporary connectivity to E20 1GS

All, Having been badly let down by Openreach (and not just on this one...), I'm in fairly urgent need of some temporary connectivity to a site at E20 1GS. It's right next door to the Olympic Village. Does anyone have a PoP or site within line-of-site of there that we could run a wireless link

[uknof] 1G Ethernet circuit to Aberystwyth

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

Re: [uknof] 1G Ethernet circuit to Aberystwyth

On Tue Aug 05, 2014 at 07:09:01PM +0100, Stephen Wilcox wrote: Go to a national carrier with access to exchanges such as SSE or COLT, you will be paying a high fee for the BTOR component but at least finding someone in the area who can backhaul should help minimise that piece of it. It's

[uknof] Urgently needed - SC/APC to LC singlemode patch leads near Reading

All, Having just turned up for an install job in Reading, I've just found that the fibre presentation is not LC as we'd expected, but

Re: [uknof] Bandwidth graphs

On Fri May 02, 2014 at 02:33:42PM +0100, Ed Butler wrote: We are introducing a new bandwidth collection model, where instead of using off the shelf tools like RRD etc, we are bringing data into a database. The challenge we have currently with this is how to display the data to clients in as

Re: [uknof] L2 to Frankfurt DCs

On Fri Mar 07, 2014 at 05:32:03PM +, Charlie Boisseau wrote: Does anyone know of network operators who can do Ethernet from the usual locations in London/Manchester over to Telehouse Frankfurt and Equinix FR2 (also in Frankfurt)? We use Atrato/Hibernia to get to Amsterdam, and they seem

Re: [uknof] DWDM costs ?

. Thanks John -Original Message- From: Simon Lockhart [mailto:si...@slimey.org] Sent: 20 February 2014 14:38 To: John Bourke Cc: uknof@lists.uknof.org.uk Subject: Re: [uknof] DWDM costs ? On Thu Feb 20, 2014 at 02:18:14PM +, John Bourke wrote: Any idea what customer site

[uknof] Openreach B2B integration

All, I'm sure there must be at least one person on list who has done a successful integration with Openreach's B2B gateway using in-house development. I'm currently mid way through an integration, and starting to get a bit frazzled trying to get my head around ebXML, particularly bits like the

Re: [uknof] 10G London-Manchester

On Mon Jan 06, 2014 at 03:00:58PM +, Charlie Boisseau wrote: You?re right - this is the same with all BT Openreach services - they provide a shelf, an NTE, dedicated monitoring etc. etc. However BT Wholesale have the flexibility to do things in a more sensible way and are competing with

Re: [uknof] Messed up Telehouse cable run order - LC to SC adapters false economy?

On Mon Nov 25, 2013 at 03:15:34PM -0500, Will Hargrave wrote: I would use SC couplers (blue for single mode) + some 1m SC-LC patch leads, and get on with life. Genuine question - what's the difference between the blue and grey couplers? Obviously one is designed for singlemode, and one for

[uknof] Punch-down tool for BT LLU Tiecables

Question for those of you who've done LLU in BT Exchanges... Having foolishly thought that BT Tiecables were punched down onto Krone termination strips, and found that they're not, I'm now left seeking the right tool. According to the Openreach documentation: If you have provided a HDF in the

[uknof] BT Openreach OSA product

All, Whilst I await (somewhat slow) response from our Openreach account manager, can I seek the advice of the collective... When I try to get a quote for an OSA (FSP3000) on Openreach's portal, I'm presented with several options... Bearer Option: - STD 1U Single - STD 1U

Re: [uknof] BT Openreach OSA product

Charlie, Many thanks for your response (and also the other responses both on and off list) On Tue Oct 22, 2013 at 10:49:34AM +, Charlie Boisseau wrote: The 1U box has two slots (I assume the second one is reserved for the RO2 resiliency option). If you go for the 'single' option, that is

Re: [uknof] BT Openreach OSA product

Hope that makes sense :) No, more confused now :) I'm realising that the 1U option is quite new, and most people who have this are used to the 7U option, which has different card options. On Tue Oct 22, 2013 at 02:33:17PM +0100, Maria Blackmore wrote: On 22 October 2013 12:26, Simon Lockhart

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

On Tue Sep 24, 2013 at 11:07:27AM +0100, Simon Lockhart wrote: So, has anyone on-list unbundled Liverpool Royal (LVROY) exchange, and could offer me about 8U (i.e. an Openreach EAD chassis and a 1U switch) of space, and 1G or fractional 1G of L2 backhaul to either Manchester Williams House

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

I know there's a few ISPs represented on-list who have unbundled some BT Exchanges. Despite telling everyone internally that unbundling an exchange takes about 6 months, I've been asked to come up with one by the end of the year for a project. So, has anyone on-list unbundled Liverpool Royal

Re: [uknof] CW / Thus / Vodafone Wavelength Services

On Fri Aug 16, 2013 at 05:58:04PM +, Neil J. McRae wrote: Openreach have EBD also - if you tell you AM to drop me a note I will see what we have where you need it - in that location we me be more limited but I can have a look. I've just been looking at this too, as $dayjob is starting to

Re: [uknof] BYOR?

On Mon Jul 01, 2013 at 01:35:21PM +0100, Gavin Henry wrote: Do you Bring Your Own Rack or take what a DC provides? What do others do? I guess it depends on the spec and your requirements? Also depends what the DC allows. Some don't let you bring your own - you have to use what they supply. By

Re: [uknof] Picking Data centres

On Wed May 15, 2013 at 07:31:26PM +0100, Gavin Henry wrote: but really, how do you select things down south? Easy, really: - Who has space available - Who is selling space at a price you're prepared to pay - Of those, which has the best options for interconnecting with who you wish to

Re: [uknof] Transit providers to avoid?

, AB51 8GL. Subject to disclaimer at http://www.suretecgroup.com/disclaimer.html Do you know we have our own VoIP provider called SureVoIP? See http://www.surevoip.co.uk Did you see our API? http://www.surevoip.co.uk/api -- Simon Lockhart | * Server Co-location

Re: [uknof] Transit providers to avoid?

On Mon May 06, 2013 at 10:06:11AM +0100, Adrian Bool wrote: I suspect you'd get more of a response if you asked for more of a positive response; i.e. can anyone recommend a transit provider with low congestion, no over-provisioning, low latancy and high reliability? Add sensible cost to the

Re: [uknof] LINX80

On 11 Feb 2013, at 19:53, James Bensley jwbens...@gmail.com wrote: Evening all, LINX80 is next week, is anyone here going? Presumably a fair few! You'll probably find quite a few people off this list will be there - myself included. I will be attending. It will be my first LINX meeting

Re: [uknof] 2013 Submarine Cable Map

On 03/02/2013 23:05, James A. T. Rice wrote: for i in {0..63} ; do for j in {0..63} ; do wget -O map-$i-$j.png http://b.tiles.telegeography.com/maps/submarine-cable-map-2013/6/$i/$j.png ; done ; done -- Simon Lockhart | * Server Co-location * ADSL * Domain Registration

Re: [uknof] EFM DSLAM recommendations/costs

On Fri Jan 25, 2013 at 01:27:06PM +, Ben Ward wrote: I'm looking for low-cost, fairly dumb ADSL/EFM DSLAMs, data only, capable of user-side VLANs. Some of the 24-port 1u devices look suitable, but I'd be interested in chassis too. Interesting timing, because I'm going through exactly the

Re: [uknof] uknof Digest, Vol 49, Issue 22

On Fri Jan 25, 2013 at 04:04:48PM +, Peter Knapp wrote: We used to use the Zyxels (both models) in NI a few years ago and spent a lot of time in Bracknell with Zyxel in the test labs - they are (maybe were) more than happy to welcome you on site there. However we had random hardware and

Re: [uknof] A dual stack London2012?

On Thu Jan 12, 2012 at 05:41:06PM +0100, Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond wrote: We've asked several people individually and nobody appears to really know. It wonder if anyone here knows definite answers on this. A no, no, no answer would be a real shame and an opportunity missed for the UK IT