Tomas L. Byrnes wrote:
This begs the question of what basic parameters should be for a "carrier hotel" or co-lo.
Given that we're getting designated "Critical Infrastructure", we'd getter start coming up with some, or we'll have them defined for us.
The old NEBS standards were too much of a straightjacket, but the current situation, where any buffoon who wants to can claim to be something they aren't (redundant and reliable) undermines the business of those who actually spend the money, and make the effort, to provide a true "carrier grade" co-lo.
Absolutely. Then your pricing is so far out of whack with the apparent competition that it's hard to get customers when it appears one can get the same/better for far less. Me, personally, I just don't say things like "100% uptime" or claim to be a carrier-grade facility. But I think that scares people off when my competitors (and I've seen the insides of some of the horrid trash heaps they call a NOC) claim they do.
This is life in the current Internet: Overpromise, and Underdeliver.
"Our flywheel systems are so failure-proof and thinking outside the box that we don't need a silly battery UPS that can cold-start!" I know outages and related discussion end up attracting the off-topic hammer here on NANOG, but I do find them interesting and worthwhile. ~Seth