Tom K <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> A couple people already mentioned Metropolis, which is indeed where I am at.
> They contract Waller Creek Communications to provide the service (as well as
> the phone if you wish), and I guess since they just built the place, someone
> apparently realized it might be worthwhile wiring the place up with ethernet
> along with all the usuals. No big catches - the obvious stuff such as no
> commercial usage or high bandwidth server stuff (IE - no Quake servers) and
> that's about it. The only catch has been we lose all connect for about 1
> minute very frequently, which is more than mildly annoying. I should hope
> it'll be fixed half a year from now, but they seem throughly clueless about
> what could be causing it. To this point supposedly replaced all equipment 3
> times as well as running a new T1 out here and the problem continues.
> Anyway, supposing it gets fixed, it's a nice option.
I'm gonna have to step in here for the Waller guys. Over the last few months
I have been in close contact with one of the head guys .. Dave Reimer, and
I have worked with him on this problem.
I've hooked up this stuff before, and it isn't rocket science. Which is why
this is so strange. There are several componants to a connection.
A router/csu/dsu on one end, the line, another router/csu/dsu on the other
end.
Nothing to it, right? Well when they started experiancing these problems,
they switched out EVERY piece of hardware in the loop. They took the hardware
to other sites, plugged it in there, and the hardware worked perfectly.
They've had numerous network consultants come out and try to diagnose their
problems ... time warner people, swbt people, contractors, etc, etc. And all
have left shaking their heads saying 'it should work fine'.
I only stick up for them in this matter because I being a person who has been
in this type of situation before, I understand their frustration. Other than
these minute pauses, the rest of the service works perfectly. And even at
25 dollars a month, I can live with some slight pauses. If you don't like it,
you should just cancel your service and go back to a modem connection. I
guarentee you won't have any pauses.
> I talked with one of the Waller Creek people, and supposedly they also have
> a similar set-up with a complex on West Campus, but I didn't catch the name.
They have wired the University Towers, the rich kids answer to dorm-apartments
on 26th.
Aaron
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