On Thu, Sep 02, 2010 at 10:52:38AM -0400, Justin Wilson wrote: > Most telcos figure 8 months or so is the time to start re-negotiating so > I am surprised they did not want to start talking to you. We always start > making inquiries around that time to see if we can get better pricing.
This is because it can take 6 months to put in facilities, so 8 months is reasonable planning. You should keep this schedule in mind too when shopping for a potential replacement. If you think you are going to be switching, you could have AT&T and perhaps Comcast or someone while doing the ARIN/BGP setup, then drop AT&T after setting up BGP. It would satisfy the application requirements and the renumbering would make it easier for you to drop AT&T. Talk to your sales guy toward the end of the month when he's probably trying to get some extra business. The obviously don't want to trade a current connection for something cheaper, but perhaps if you mentioned you want more bandwidth for the same money, or triple the bandwidth for a little bit more money, the idea of them getting the same or more money is appealing. With AT&T there is also likely a period for you to cancel the contract. Like they need 60-90 days notice or it self renews or other stupid things. Be aware of that. > Comcast fiber is not that bad to work with. They will do BGP feeds and > the like. Have you contacted Zayo to see if they are doing anything in your > area? They have some stimulus money and have some projects on the books in > Indiana. > > Another thing to consider is where your AT&T circuit is homed out of. > If it is at a carrier hotel you could simply use them for transport until > you can get another physical connection. This would allow you to become > multi-homed and get your AS# and work toward IP space. I am sure this would > keep you busy re-numbering. Maybe in the meantime a circuit opportunity > would open up. > > Justin > -- > Justin Wilson <j...@mtin.net> > http://www.mtin.net/blog xISP News > http://www.twitter.com/j2sw Follow me on Twitter > Wisp Consulting Tower Climbing Network Support > > > > > From: Eric Rogers <ecrog...@precisionds.com> > Reply-To: WISPA General List <wireless@wispa.org> > Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 15:41:50 -0400 > To: WISPA General List <wireless@wispa.org> > Subject: [WISPA] Bandwidth Providers > > I am looking for multiple connections to the internet. We currently > have AT&T 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 peering? > > What really rocked my boat was that I am seeing new ISPs signing up with > AT&T Opt-E-Man with 100 MB circuits for $2600/mo. That is less than > what I am paying for my 50 MB circuit. I called my sales rep and they > stated that I could get a 100 MB circuit for $4200/mo and because I am > under contract for another year, there is nothing they can do for > price...so pretty much they are saying to me that they want new > customers, and anyone under contract they can gouge as long as I am > under contract... > > When can we get rid of these monopolies?!?!? > > Eric Rogers > Precision Data Solutions, LLC > (317) 831-3000 x200 > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- /* Jason Philbrook | Midcoast Internet Solutions - Wireless and DSL KB1IOJ | Broadband Internet Access, Dialup, and Hosting http://f64.nu/ | for Midcoast Maine http://www.midcoast.com/ */ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
