Hi Paul, As stated in my last post, I am happy to discuss the technical merits of BandCon’s products with any individual. However, I think most here will concur, this is not the proper platform for such discussions.
On a personal note, I have been an active NANOG participant for over 10 years and don’t see that changing anytime soon. -Todd Braning On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 9:05 AM, Paul Wall<pauldotw...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 4:43 PM, tb<tbran...@gmail.com> wrote: >> My name is Todd Braning, I work on the technical side of the BandCon >> house. I am afraid Paul's email is inaccurate. > > Yo Todd! > > It's good to hear that you've listened to feedback and made these key > operational operational changes. I wish you the best of luck going > foward. Please keep in mind that I wasn't trying to smear your > company, but rather provide the original poster with real-word > feedback on a particular vendor whose customers I've worked with many > times over. It would be great if you could stay on the list and join > us in future discussions. > > Keeping things topical for the NANOG list, could you tell us a little > more about BandCon's transport offering as relates to backbone > policy? Is IP transit traffic preferenced over your PWEs, or the > other way around, or are they both FIFO'd? What TE, QoS policy, and > signaling/congestion controls have you deployed to deal with multiple > customers purchasing 10G pipes and competing for access to a single > 10G path between metros? Do you have a general policy on > oversubscription ratios you'd be able to share without going into > NDA'ed territory? > > Also on-topic, I know a lot of community members have voiced RECENT > concern with the relentless tactics of your sales force, some of it > bordering on CAN-SPAM violation and criminal harassment. Could you > speak a little bit to what you're doing to bring this under control? > Would it be a problem if people mail you off-list with any specific > problems they've encountered there? > > Drive Slow, > Paul Wall >
