On 08/15/2011 10:14 PM, Jon Lewis wrote: > On Mon, 15 Aug 2011, Graham Wooden wrote: > If I understand your question, yes. We did this some time ago. Colo > in various ILEC and CLEC central offices,
Um. Doesn't colo in various ILEC/CLEC CO == facilities based CLEC? > order T1 loops (but it's only half a loop...from customer to CO), so > you're saving there, and because you're ordering it as a CLEC, most > people would be shocked how cheap a T1 can be. Connect the various > colos together with a network of T1's and T3's (especially if you can > establish a relationship with a carrier who's on-net in all or most of > the COs you want to be in), and you're set. Interesting. Can't you just ride the existing network between the CO locations? For a fee of course, but I would think it could be all ethernet based and just pay per mb or something? > > Someone looking to start this model now, I'd say is about 10 years > late, 5 years too late. Yeah. Building ones own network is a bit... difficult. At least to serve on a competitive basis. -- Charles N Wyble char...@knownelement.com @charlesnw on twitter http://blog.knownelement.com Building alternative,global scale,secure, cost effective bit moving platform for tomorrows alternate default free zone.
