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Re: NANOG 25 - Toronto - Any Questions?
by smd＠clock.org 01 May '02

01 May '02

| is it urban all the way to the falls now? ignoring the twin suburban horrors of missisauga and oakville, yeah. the golden horseshoe is really amazing in nighttime orbital shots, by the way. i think you should force the next government to pave the lake right to the border just to complete the | i usually head north from toronto (well, north-east). blackflies? politicians? d'you have a thing for evil blood sucking scum? oh wait, nortel is up there... Sean. ps i am told there is a reasonable food court at the nanog hotel, but calling it toronto is still kinda weird. northern ontario begins at st. clair.

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Re: NANOG 25 - Toronto - Any Questions?
by smd＠clock.org 30 Apr '02

30 Apr '02

| about half of that is city, and the other half vineyards and country. Vineyards along the QEW? Wow, when was the last time you ventured out of down town (Pearson doesn't count)? Sean. (Richmond Hell is in Nunavut, right?)

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Re: NANOG 25 - Toronto - Any Questions?
by smd＠clock.org 30 Apr '02

30 Apr '02

i think the hydrofoil is probaly just to niagara-on-the-lake, which is a charming but much-too-english town in which one can buy the best jams in the known universe, and very decent fudge. niagara falls is considerably further inland (and moving further...). the hydrofoil is fun, but bring a seasick bag, and a windbreaker. Sean.

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Teleglobe and Equant Experiences?
by Crist J. Clark 30 Apr '02

30 Apr '02

I am currently evaluating some proposals from several vendors for an international IP-based network. Most of the technologies are the same, MLPS, and they can list routers brands and models, as well as give out network reliability and SLA numbers, so there is something to go on for technical matters. However, for the ones that I'm not too familiar with, it's really hard to guage things like customer service, billing, and their technical support responsiveness. The two providers who I've not had a lot of luck researching elsewhere are BCE Teleglobe and Equant. Does anyone have some opinions they'd like to share? Feel free to email me directly if you do not want to clog up the list or don't feel comfortable making certain remarks public. Thanks a lot. -- Crist J. Clark | cjclark(a)alum.mit.edu | cjclark(a)jhu.edu http://people.freebsd.org/~cjc/ | cjc(a)freebsd.org

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Re: NANOG 25 - Toronto - Any Questions?
by ren＠internet.rockstar.org 30 Apr '02

30 Apr '02

Thanks Randy! Folks interested in participating in the Niagara Falls excursion Saturday, 8-Jun-02 please book your reservation online at: http://www.seaflights.com/prices.php Select package #2 which includes hydrofoil to/from the Falls, land transfers, buffet lunch at the Skyton Summit Suite Dining Room and the Maid of the Mist Boat Ride. http://www.gweep.net/~crimson/pix/niagara/maid-of-the-mist.jpg Travel date must be set for 8-Jun on both depart/return pull downs. Do not leave any spaces or include dashes in telephone numbers. The boat can handle 140 people, and departs promptly at 10 am Saturday morning. You must pick up your tickets in the office anytime up to one hour before departure. Ticket Pick-up Office: 249 Queen's Quay West, Suite 109 Toronto, Ontario Canada M5J 2N5 (rear of Radisson Plaza Hotel Admiral) Boarding Dock: 339 Queen's Quay West (at water's edge, next to Fire Station No. 9) There is underground parking available in the Radisson Hotel and outdoor parking directly across the street from the boarding dock. Parking fees are not included in our ticket price. I'm sure you'll see a line of cabs running from the hotel to the docks Saturday morning. We should be back to the conference hotel for geeking around dinner time. <G> Cheers, -ren On Sun, 28 April 2002, Randy Neals wrote > > > Hi Folks, > > For those making travel arrangements and planning your time around NANOG25 > in Toronto we have a web site with local details up and running. > > http://139.142.132.40/ > > If you don't see what you need, or have other questions, please email me > off-list and I'll try to dig up what you need. > > The following is some details we have been asked so far: > > AIRPORT: > The airport you should be heading to is Pearson International/Toronto > International CYYZ. (Maps and other details on web site) > > AMTRAK: > There is also AMTRAK service directly to Toronto Union Station. > "The International" runs from Chicago to Toronto. > "The Maple Leaf" runs from NYC to Toronto. > > GEEK ADVENTURE TREK: > Some attendees are planning a trip to Niagara Falls on Saturday. > For those arriving early who might want to participate drop me an email and > I'll provide the details. > > CELL PHONE COVERAGE: > There are 4 cell phone companies that have coverage in Toronto. > Check with your home carrier about roaming in Canada. > > Rogers AT&T Wireless - 800 Mhz"A"AMPS/TDMA > http://www.shoprogers.com/store/wireless/overview.asp > > Bell Mobility - 800Mhz"B"AMPS/TDMA/1.9GhzCDMA-PCS > http://www.bellmobility.ca/ > > Telus(Clearnet) - 1.9GhzCDMA-PCS/800Mhz iDEN/Mike (Nextel) > http://www.telusmobility.com/ > > Microcell - 1.9GhzGSM-PCS > http://www.fido.ca/portal/Entree.html > > PAGER/RIM COVERAGE: > Many variables. Check with your home service provider to ensure you have > international roaming. > SkyTel/Skypage: You need to add International roaming. > RIM 950/957 on Mobitex: Cingular in US/Rogers AT&T in CA > RIM 850/857 on DATATAC: Motient in US/Bell Mobility in CA. > Blackberry 5810 on GPRS: AT&T & Voicestream in US/Rogers AT&T in CA. > > HAM RADIO > Yes. Email me. > > CURRENCY CONVERSION: > This meeting should be fairly easy on your expense report. > Here are some common currency conversions to the Hudson Bay Peso and the > conversion of the CAD$149 hotel room rate. Credit Cards, and Bank ATM/Debit > cards usually work with no problem here. > > USD$1 to CAD$1.56 (Hotel Room USD$95) > GBP 1 to CAD$2.27 (Hotel Room GBP 65) > EUR$1 to CAD$1.40 (Hotel Room EUR$105) > YEN 100 to CAD$1.22 (Hotel Room YEN 12,228) > > Randy Neals > Group Telecom > Rneals(a)gt.ca

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WorldCom President, CEO Ebbers resigns
by German Martinez 30 Apr '02

30 Apr '02

http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2002/0430wcomebbers.html

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EarthLink Financier Pleads Guilty to Fraud Charges
by blitz 30 Apr '02

30 Apr '02

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20020430/wr_nm/crime_slat… LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Reed Slatkin, the investment advisor who provided start-up funds for Internet service provider EarthLink Inc. , pleaded guilty on Monday to 15 charges of fraud and conspiracy for bilking almost 800 clients out of nearly $600 million. Slatkin, 53, entered his plea before U.S. District Judge Margaret Morrow under the terms of a plea deal announced by the U.S. Attorney's Office on Mar. 27. A former bishop in the Church of Scientology who was excommunicated from the church earlier this year, Slatkin faces a maximum of 105 years in prison stemming from five counts of mail fraud, three counts of wire fraud, six counts of money laundering and one count of conspiracy. "Your Honor, it is an acceptable representation of my conduct," Slatkin told Judge Morrow after prosecutors described to the court how he had used investments from new clients to pay returns to old clients, in what is commonly known as a Ponzi scheme. The plea agreement took nine months to hammer out, but it is not clear whether Slatkin can pay the $254.6 million in restitution he agreed to pay since he has filed for bankruptcy protection from creditors. Slatkin, who surrendered to authorities on April 25, was led by U.S. marshals into the courtroom wearing the standard-issue green jacket, blue pants and manacles around his waist and wrists. "This is part of the process that we've committed to where he is accepting responsibility for his conduct and helping creditors regain their assets," Slatkin's attorney, Brian Sun, told Reuters. Slatkin began talking to the U.S. Attorney's Office last June about a plea deal, two months after resigning from EarthLink's board and one month after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and having his assets frozen. Slatkin admitted in the written plea agreement that he had portrayed himself as a successful financial adviser and provided investors with faked account statements which purported to show that they were achieving above-market returns. In 1993, when it could take hours to log on to the Internet, 23-year-old Sky Dayton decided to found an Internet service provider focused on customer service. He persuaded Slatkin and Kevin O'Donnell to invest $100,000 and EarthLink, now one of the nation's largest ISPs, was launched in Glendale, California, in 1994.

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Ebbers bails out
by Eric Germann 30 Apr '02

30 Apr '02

http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB1020119459695576640,00.html Wodner if he gets to keep the $366M loan? Sidgmore is now in charge...

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Re: Large ISPs doing NAT?
by Beckmeyer 30 Apr '02

30 Apr '02

Marshall et al, It's a lack of IP Address Space - and the numbers I gave - 10's of thousands are probably a bit on the small side - in short order it will be multiples of 100,000 IP addresses. To start with, I'm willing to think in terms of 10's of thousands spread over a handful of "POPs". The application is GPRS (aka 2.5/3G cellular) and each Internet connected user or some major subset of them will likely wind up with an address on their mobile device. - JB

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Foundry at the Edge
by James Thomason 29 Apr '02

29 Apr '02

We are in the process of selecting a vendor for edge devices in an upcoming deployment, and my direct experience with Foundry is somewhat dated (1999-2000). If you are using Foundry NetIron or BigIron series devices to aggregate a significant number of EBGP peers in a production environment, I would love to hear about your experiences. Specifically, any details you can provide as to overall stability, convergence, performance, and support from Foundry would be greatly appreciated. Please reply off-list. If you are interested in a summary of responses, please send a note to me off-list. Best Regards, James Thomason

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