Well the Westin POP and Netrality POPs model is the best in my opinion. You take your bundle to one central location and do the x-connects there. No need to pull single cables in the trays -----Original Message----- From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces@nanog.org] On Behalf Of Mike Hammett Sent: Wednesday, March 7, 2018 1:32 PM Cc: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: Zayo zColo Xcon Pricing Sure, but that's just a cost of doing business. There's not a line-item for cleaning the bathroom. Frankly, I don't know why there are trays full of hundreds of pairs instead of each cage having a patch panel and a 144 or some such trunk to another patch panel elsewhere. Seems like there's a lot of extra work being done. ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP ----- Original Message ----- From: "Seth Mattinen" <sethm@rollernet.us> To: nanog@nanog.org Sent: Wednesday, March 7, 2018 12:17:01 PM Subject: Re: Zayo zColo Xcon Pricing On 3/7/18 10:02 AM, Romeo Czumbil wrote:
Ohh no NRC. Reason = Somebody has to pull back the cables (aka cut the ends off)
You mean you're not supposed to let cables pile up indefinitely until they become an immovable tangled mass?