William Allen Simpson wrote:
existing lines turned on anyway). They refuse to let us co-locate in the CO (they cannot find an official policy, and thus cannot allow it).
Colocating in a CO is kinda difficult with good reason. They have to engineer power for you (and internet equipment draws a lot more power than they're used to) and the whole issue of access is difficult. Given that you're not internal or on their approved list, you'd probably have to be supervised while in the CO. Even the interexchange carriers tend to maintain a minimal amount of equipment in the CO and typically have an adjacent building for their stuff. There is just a whole lot of open card racks, large bundles of cable, and other stuff that you wouldn't want anyone wandering around near. I know 2 people (at small companies) that have succeeded in getting fiber run out to their location and the lines broken off there It was about half a racks worth of telco equipment (locked) in their facility. It really facilitated local loop installation. You might want to pursue this. allan