At 05:19 PM 4/27/2006, Sean Donelan wrote:
On Thu, 27 Apr 2006, Martin Hannigan wrote:
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Small CLECs are usually willing to negotiate more. Large IXCs and ILECs are usually willing to negotiate less. A large collocation operator like Equinix may be able to get concessions that someone with a 10 rack data center can not get from the IXCs, CLECs or ILECs.
My experience is different, but my experience is large scale data and network buildout so I understand. The poster sounds like they are talking something a little smaller than I had in mind hence 'specifics', but not knowing anything, I wouldn't ask for anything less than $700 to start. I did notice he got something in a later post. Bravo. You should all try the same whenever and provider tries to install a rack in your space. You may be surprised. -M< -- Martin Hannigan (c) 617-388-2663 Renesys Corporation (w) 617-395-8574 Member of Technical Staff Network Operations hannigan@renesys.com