RE: Faster 'Net growth rate raises fears about routers
From: Stephen Griffin [mailto:stephen.griffin@rcn.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2001 3:18 PM
My latest quote for a new DSL connection is 42 days. T1s are 6-8 weeks. Bigger pipes are 2-6 months for the fastest response, many cases are longer.
Back to business failures, the DSL world is looking rocky at best. Rythms isn't looking very solid and neither is Covad. Some of the NorthPoint customers are not going with either, electing to go with
In the referenced message, Roeland Meyer said: <snip> the local RBOC
instead (despite the hassles and long lead-times). What many businesses really need is true multi-homing. <snip>
So, if people picked better providers, they wouldn't need to multihome. You feel you need to multihome, because you keep picking DSL, which just isn't a good choce for "mission critical applications".
You can think that way all you want to, right up to the time when your local RBOC decides it will no longer serve you. At which time, good luck shoving those bytes down the wire.
In the referenced message, Roeland Meyer said:
From: Stephen Griffin [mailto:stephen.griffin@rcn.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2001 3:18 PM
My latest quote for a new DSL connection is 42 days. T1s are 6-8 weeks. Bigger pipes are 2-6 months for the fastest response, many cases are longer.
Back to business failures, the DSL world is looking rocky at best. Rythms isn't looking very solid and neither is Covad. Some of the NorthPoint customers are not going with either, electing to go with
In the referenced message, Roeland Meyer said: <snip> the local RBOC
instead (despite the hassles and long lead-times). What many businesses really need is true multi-homing. <snip>
So, if people picked better providers, they wouldn't need to multihome. You feel you need to multihome, because you keep picking DSL, which just isn't a good choce for "mission critical applications".
You can think that way all you want to, right up to the time when your local RBOC decides it will no longer serve you. At which time, good luck shoving those bytes down the wire.
I may be stupid or something, but the above doesn't appear to make the least bit of sense. Do you have data that the RBOCs and CLECs are moving out of the circuit (DS0 on up) delivery business?
Yo Stephen! On Wed, 4 Apr 2001, Stephen Griffin wrote:
You can think that way all you want to, right up to the time when your local RBOC decides it will no longer serve you. At which time, good luck shoving those bytes down the wire.
I may be stupid or something, but the above doesn't appear to make the least bit of sense. Do you have data that the RBOCs and CLECs are moving out of the circuit (DS0 on up) delivery business?
Yep, at least temporarily. Usually happens late at night when they "groom" the lines. Or sometimes in the day when an installer hears no dial-tone and grabs your T1 pairs. Or when a tech misreads a circuit ID and kills the wrong customer. Or another case where a bumbling tech brushed against the dip switches on the CSU/DSU. And.... [fill in your own horror story here] If these things have never happened to you then you have not been in this business very long. RGDS GARY --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gary E. Miller Rellim 20340 Empire Ave, Suite E-3, Bend, OR 97701 gem@rellim.com Tel:+1(541)382-8588 Fax: +1(541)382-8676
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