Re: [WISPA] Bandwidth Providers; OptiMan

2010-09-03 Thread Chris Gotstein
We have the same issue with ATT/Qwest. Getting a DS-3 right now using ATT as the loop, delivered via fiber. They put a Fujitsu box in our office, which i know they can just pop in an ethernet card and offer us a direct ethernet hookup, but they say it's not available in our area. I've talked to

Re: [WISPA] Bandwidth Providers; OptiMan

2010-09-02 Thread Matt
I am looking for multiple connections to the internet.  We currently have ATT Fiber and IPs.  We want to look at redundancy in terms of becoming a BGP peer, and purchasing our own IP addresses.  The ONLY other provider in our area is Comcast.  Has anyone worked with them to do any BGP

Re: [WISPA] Bandwidth Providers; OptiMan

2010-09-02 Thread Mike Hammett
The CO may not have the right gear. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com On 9/2/2010 11:04 AM, Matt wrote: I am looking for multiple connections to the internet. We currently have ATT Fiber and IPs. We want to look at redundancy in terms of becoming a

Re: [WISPA] Bandwidth Providers; OptiMan

2010-09-02 Thread Faisal Imtiaz
Who is the local power company in your area ? (Pretty much all power companies have a side division which deploys and operates a fiber network.) Most of them provide services carrier to carrier as such don't advertise too much... The power companies have right of way and as such can bring

Re: [WISPA] Bandwidth Providers; OptiMan

2010-09-02 Thread Justin Wilson
...@gmail.com Reply-To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 11:04:33 -0500 To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Subject: Re: [WISPA] Bandwidth Providers; OptiMan I am looking for multiple connections to the internet.  We currently have ATT Fiber and IPs.  We want

Re: [WISPA] Bandwidth Providers; OptiMan

2010-09-02 Thread Kristian Hoffmann
On Thu, 2010-09-02 at 11:04 -0500, Matt wrote: We currently have ATT fiber at both our headends used to deliver the Qwest DS'3. We are in old SBC territory. ATT has stated in past we cannot get FastE and our next step can only be OC3's and the loop price is a killer on these. Just talked

Re: [WISPA] Bandwidth Providers; OptiMan

2010-09-02 Thread Mike Mattox
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Re: [WISPA] Bandwidth Providers; OptiMan

2010-09-02 Thread Justin Wilson
: Re: [WISPA] Bandwidth Providers; OptiMan This doesn't seem to work well. I am served by ATT fiber from a manhole 2 feet from by building. The fiber has been here over 20 years, plus they just made a new pull this spring. I entered my address, got back: This address is not within 500 feet

Re: [WISPA] Bandwidth Providers; OptiMan

2010-09-02 Thread Matt
   One of the strategies we have used with clients in the past is order bonded T1s.  Most likely the local plant will run out of copper.  Amazing how quickly they come up with fiber or something for you.  Seen this happen several times. Just got another full OC3 quote for one of these