Hello, all -
I've been quiet here, so I figure I should pipe up since this is
exactly what I do...
<sales plug>
I'm the CTO for TelJet, a local fiber-based ISP/construction company.
We build custom telecom installations for various companies, until
now, focused in Middlebury and metro Burlington, with a dribble of
efforts in Rutland. We focus on putting buildings on our fiber
network, and creative customer solutions that Verizon wouldn't do. We
target our Internet service at 3Mbps and up, to stay out of the me-too
T1 game that lots of other CLECs do.
Our network (so far) is 100% Ethernet based, with every building
entrance fiber served with Gigabit Ethernet. No Verizon or Level3
circuits... We drop service to a copper 10/100TX port and deliver
transport, Internet, etc. Existing customers have bumped up in the
same day to a higher tier of service performance (pending paperwork),
since everything is delivered on 1000Mbps and is only limited in
software on our core hardware.
Headliner customers include UVM, Middlebury College, St. Mike's,
Vermont Railway, Shoreham Telephone, and Middlebury schools. Numerous
Champlain Valley WISPs also have service from us. This year's pipeline
for new construction is very full too - busy busy busy.
We also have a VOIP solution that has seen excellent performance but
we still recommend a POTS backup line, say a fax machine, for 911
lifeline and 411 directory assistance.
If you have an office located in one of our "lit" buildings, we can
turn on service as fast as we can get a Cat5 cable run from our local
electronics to your suite, and chase paperwork.
We've had lots of customers and prospects complain about interacting
with Level3's corporate machine. If service is running great, well,
great. If service is having an issue it's usually a long, painful, and
frustrating process. Your mileage may vary, but by the time we are
talking to Level3 customers they are fed up with them which will bias
our view of the market...
If you are looking for 3Mbps+ services in metro Burlington or
Middlebury, give us a shot! We don't bite, honest! =P
</sales plug>
Ok. Now that shop is over with, back to the infrastructure question.
Mike's mostly close - Sovernet uses a mix of Verizon, TelJet, and
Level3. Comcast and Level3 share cable throughout much of their
networks (think Adelphia and Adelphia Business Solutions as sister
companies, before the fallout around 2000).
I have drafted something for this group reflecting the state's current
telecom backbone infrastructure. Understand, this is high-level
state-focused industry sensitive information that we've (TelJet) spent
a lot of time and trust to accumulate. Since our business is focused
in this exact area, I need to review our NDAs first just to make sure
I'm not violating anything by dropping the full monty here.
I don't have a list of VAGUE members and frankly can't contractually
bind ALL of you unless I build a ask-NDA-give channel. The far easier
approach is to make sure I can release this info quasi-publicly.
Frankly, I'm interested to hear your concerns, reflections, or
corrections to make sure everything is accurate for all interested
parties here.
All of the information I have can be assembled from the Vermont
Telecom Authority (at least in majority, if not all) but they can also
be restricted by NDAs from various telecom companies. You have to ask
and build a relationship with them before they will tell you; this
again is not the sort of thing posted to the public.
More tomorrow when I can review our NDA stockpile.
-Dave
Quoting Mike Raley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> from Tue, 10 Jun 2008:
Actually... Does anybody know where we can find
information regarding which
ISP's share the same infrastructure here in Vermont?
Well, I can think of one or two people who can
probably tell you, so, hopefully one or two of them
will chime in here. However, I do believe the
following is true:
Sovernet uses Verizon
Teljet uses their own
BT uses their own locally, but uses a mixture for
transport
Level3 uses their own
Comcast uses level3?
I believe most of the major players also have some
peering arrangements with the others. Level3 aside
(otherwise their recent problem wouldn't have been
that bad?)
anyone care to take a stab at this one and point out
where I am probably horribly wrong? Dave?
Mike
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