Re: Telecom billing in 2020

[Large Hadron Collider]

What harm can rolling one's own do, especially grafted onto the back of 
analogue exchanges?

On Mon, 17 Aug 2020 15:00:18 -0600
Ben Cannon  wrote:

> If you had to clean-sheet a CLEC today, what would you base it on? (Must do 
> telco compliant billing, CRM is a bonus) and why?
>
> Ms. Benjamin PD Cannon, ASCE
> 6x7 Networks & 6x7 Telecom, LLC
> CEO
> b...@6by7.net
> "The only fully end-to-end encrypted global telecommunications company in the 
> world.”
>
> FCC License KJ6FJJ
>


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Re: Register Now for NANOG 80 Virtual!

[Tom Beecher]

For the sake of maximum pedanticness, the NANOG scholarship program and the
NANOG fellowship program are very different things.

NANOG scholarships are the traditional "Here's some money for non-alcohol
related college expenses."

https://nanog.org/outreach/scholarship-program/
https://learnmore.scholarsapply.org/nanog/

NANOG fellowships are funds to assist those who may not have the financial
ability or support from their employer to attend NANOG meetings and events.

https://nanog.org/outreach/professional-development/
https://nanog.org/resources/fellowships/ ( This link currently 404's ; I
let NANOG staff know already. )

I can't speak to what the requirements are for fellowship eligibility; that
may be on that page that currently 404s.

On Fri, Aug 14, 2020 at 4:04 PM Large Hadron Collider <
large.hadron.colli...@gmx.com> wrote:

> Can anyone describe the scholarship process to me please? What does one
> need to demonstrate to be eligible?
>
> On Mon, 10 Aug 2020 12:08:53 -0700
> NANOG News  wrote:
>
> > *Join us online for NANOG 80*
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> >
> > Learn More 
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> >
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> >- Traffic Analysis
> >- ISP Issues - sharing lessons learned / what to watch out for
> >- Cloud related topics:
> >   - Automation
> >   - Scale Concerns
> >- Routing
> >- Best Current Practices
> >- Career Development Skills
> >
> > The NANOG Program Committee is accepting proposals through August 24, and
> > would love to see yours.
> >
> > Learn More 
> >
> > *Miss out on NANOG 79 Virtual?*
> > Our last community-wide virtual gathering may be over, but the hours of
> > archived talks and tutorials, keynotes and panels featured in June are
> just
> > waiting to be explored!
> >
> > View Recap 
>
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>

Re: Telecom billing in 2020

[Ben Cannon]

I’ll just write something in FORTRAN real quick….  :)
-Ben

Ms. Benjamin PD Cannon, ASCE
6x7 Networks & 6x7 Telecom, LLC 
CEO 
b...@6by7.net 
"The only fully end-to-end encrypted global telecommunications company in the 
world.”
FCC License KJ6FJJ



> On Aug 18, 2020, at 3:57 AM, Large Hadron Collider 
>  wrote:
> 
> What harm can rolling one's own do, especially grafted onto the back of 
> analogue exchanges?
> 
> On Mon, 17 Aug 2020 15:00:18 -0600
> Ben Cannon  wrote:
> 
>> If you had to clean-sheet a CLEC today, what would you base it on? (Must do 
>> telco compliant billing, CRM is a bonus) and why?
>> 
>> Ms. Benjamin PD Cannon, ASCE
>> 6x7 Networks & 6x7 Telecom, LLC
>> CEO
>> b...@6by7.net
>> "The only fully end-to-end encrypted global telecommunications company in 
>> the world.”
>> 
>> FCC License KJ6FJJ
>> 
> 
> 
> --
> Large Hadron Collider 

Re: Bottlenecks and link upgrades

[Mark Tinka]

On 15/Aug/20 01:45, Radu-Adrian Feurdean wrote:

>
> I think you're over-confident.

If you can resist the "let me make a plan" offer that CFO's would want
you to give them, you can be confident :-). Because when it hits the
fan, the CFO will say, "But Feurdean said he would make a plan. If he
thought the situation was urgent, he didn't make it known clearly enough".

Better to say, "CFO, if you don't do this upgrade, the network breaks".

And walk away.

Don't accept risk on behalf of someone else, because at the end of the
day, no one will blame the network... but those that operate it.

Mark.

Re: Bottlenecks and link upgrades

[Mark Tinka]

On 15/Aug/20 10:47, Etienne-Victor Depasquale wrote:

> I've seen the weekly profiles of traffic sourced from caches for the
> major global services (video, social media, search and general) for a
> specific metro area.
>
> For all services, the weekly profile is a repetition of the daily
> profile, within +/- 20%. 
> That is: the weekly profile is obtained from the daily profile
> within +/- 20% of the average daily profile height.
>
> Given this regularity, as suggested by Louie Lee, then it seems that
> growth projections are meaningful.
> That is, the weely profile data, seem to provide a sound empirical
> basis for link upgrades.
>
> Since I'm not an operator, my comments need to be sprinkled with a
> pinch of salt :)

Provided your NMS has been stable over any period of time, you can
extract historical data over 1 year or more and see how linearly things
grew.

It's difficult to sometimes see the growth rate when you are close to
the daily action.

Mark.

Re: Bottlenecks and link upgrades

[Mark Tinka]

On 15/Aug/20 11:35, Baldur Norddahl wrote:

> No plan survives contact with the enemy. Your careful made growth
> projection was fine until the brass made a deal with some major
> customer, which caused a traffic spike. Or any infinite other events
> that could and eventually will happen to you.

That's why your operations teams cannot work separately from the Sales
teams. If a big deal is in the pipeline, there should be someone
operational to do a simple feasibility check to see if the segment in
question will handle the traffic. If not, defer to standard lead times
to deliver. Or even extended ones if the deal is larger than usual.


>
> One hard thing, that almost everyone will get wrong at some point, is
> simulating load in the event multiple outages takes some links out,
> causing excessive traffic to reroute unto links that previously seemed
> fine.

So rather than simulate, insure, I say. By insure, I mean upgrade each
and every backbone link when it hits 50%, and you'll have less to worry
about when things start crumbling all over the place.

Mark.

Re: Telecom billing in 2020

[Allen Kitchen]

Piker. 

If it ain’t COBOL it ain’t got props. 

..Allen


> On Aug 18, 2020, at 10:32, Ben Cannon  wrote:
> 
> I’ll just write something in FORTRAN real quick….  :)
> -Ben
> 
> Ms. Benjamin PD Cannon, ASCE
> 6x7 Networks & 6x7 Telecom, LLC 
> CEO 
> b...@6by7.net
> "The only fully end-to-end encrypted global telecommunications company in the 
> world.”
> FCC License KJ6FJJ
> 
> 
> 
>> On Aug 18, 2020, at 3:57 AM, Large Hadron Collider 
>>  wrote:
>> 
>> What harm can rolling one's own do, especially grafted onto the back of 
>> analogue exchanges?
>> 
>> On Mon, 17 Aug 2020 15:00:18 -0600
>> Ben Cannon  wrote:
>> 
>>> If you had to clean-sheet a CLEC today, what would you base it on? (Must do 
>>> telco compliant billing, CRM is a bonus) and why?
>>> 
>>> Ms. Benjamin PD Cannon, ASCE
>>> 6x7 Networks & 6x7 Telecom, LLC
>>> CEO
>>> b...@6by7.net
>>> "The only fully end-to-end encrypted global telecommunications company in 
>>> the world.”
>>> 
>>> FCC License KJ6FJJ
>>> 
>> 
>> 
>> --
>> Large Hadron Collider 
> 

Re: Bottlenecks and link upgrades

[Mark Tinka]

On 15/Aug/20 12:32, Etienne-Victor Depasquale wrote:

> +1
>
> You can't foresee everything, but no plan means foreseeing nothing, =
> blindfold.

In the absence of guidance from your Sales team on a forecast, keep the
50% threshold trigger, and standardize on lead times if urgent
feasibilities don't immediately pass.

The more you do this, the more you will encourage better planning on the
Sales side. It just happens automatically.

The worst thing you can do for yourself and your team is try to be the
hero.

Mark.

Hotstar Geoip Issues / Contact

[Brian Loveland]

Anyone have a contact for fixing Hotstar US geoip issues? We have a newer
block that they seem to be filtering, other blocks are fine. No luck
through their support and they seem to be 100% Akamai so no peeringdb/etc
entries.

Thanks,
Brian Loveland
Starry AS27611 & AS395354

KMZ Terminology

[Rod Beck]

Hi,

I am looking at a dark fiber KMZ and uses the acronym "PPA". Physical Point of 
Attachment? And more importantly, what does it actually mean?

Regards,

Roderick.


Roderick Beck

VP of Business Development

United Cable Company

www.unitedcablecompany.com

New York City & Budapest

rod.b...@unitedcablecompany.com

Budapest: 36-70-605-5144

NJ: 908-452-8183


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Re: Telecom billing in 2020

[Miles Fidelman]

Oh come now.  LISP or assembler.  Maybe TCL.

..Miles

On 8/18/20 11:38 AM, Allen Kitchen wrote:

Piker.

If it ain’t COBOL it ain’t got props.

..Allen


On Aug 18, 2020, at 10:32, Ben Cannon > wrote:



I’ll just write something in FORTRAN real quick….  :)
-Ben

Ms. Benjamin PD Cannon, ASCE
6x7 Networks & 6x7 Telecom, LLC
CEO
b...@6by7.net 
"The only fully end-to-end encrypted global telecommunications 
company in the world.”

FCC License KJ6FJJ


On Aug 18, 2020, at 3:57 AM, Large Hadron Collider 
> wrote:


What harm can rolling one's own do, especially grafted onto the back 
of analogue exchanges?


On Mon, 17 Aug 2020 15:00:18 -0600
Ben Cannon mailto:b...@6by7.net>> wrote:

If you had to clean-sheet a CLEC today, what would you base it on? 
(Must do telco compliant billing, CRM is a bonus) and why?


Ms. Benjamin PD Cannon, ASCE
6x7 Networks & 6x7 Telecom, LLC
CEO
b...@6by7.net 
"The only fully end-to-end encrypted global telecommunications 
company in the world.”


FCC License KJ6FJJ




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Re: Register Now for NANOG 80 Virtual!

[Edward McNair]

I can assume by the thread that you are referring to the Virtual Fellowship 
Program, and not our scholarship program. The goal of our Virtual Fellowship 
Program is to remove barriers for participation in our events. If paying the 
$250 is a barrier for attendance, please fill out the required application 
form, and you will receive a pass to attend the NANOG 80 Virtual Conference.

Edward McNair
NANOG Executive Director
 
> 
> From: NANOG  > on behalf of Tom Beecher 
> mailto:beec...@beecher.cc>>
> Date: Tuesday, August 18, 2020 at 8:41 AM
> To: Large Hadron Collider  >
> Cc: NANOG mailto:nanog@nanog.org>>
> Subject: Re: Register Now for NANOG 80 Virtual!
>  
> For the sake of maximum pedanticness, the NANOG scholarship program and the 
> NANOG fellowship program are very different things. 
>  
> NANOG scholarships are the traditional "Here's some money for non-alcohol 
> related college expenses." 
>  
> https://nanog.org/outreach/scholarship-program/ 
> 
> https://learnmore.scholarsapply.org/nanog/ 
> 
>  
> NANOG fellowships are funds to assist those who may not have the financial 
> ability or support from their employer to attend NANOG meetings and events.
>  
> https://nanog.org/outreach/professional-development/ 
> 
> https://nanog.org/resources/fellowships/ 
>  ( This link currently 404's ; I 
> let NANOG staff know already. ) 
>  
> I can't speak to what the requirements are for fellowship eligibility; that 
> may be on that page that currently 404s. 
>  
> On Fri, Aug 14, 2020 at 4:04 PM Large Hadron Collider 
> mailto:large.hadron.colli...@gmx.com>> wrote:
> Can anyone describe the scholarship process to me please? What does one need 
> to demonstrate to be eligible?
> 
> On Mon, 10 Aug 2020 12:08:53 -0700
> NANOG News mailto:n...@nanog.org>> wrote:
> 
> > *Join us online for NANOG 80*
> > Share and discover the latest networking technologies and best practices
> > with the greater NANOG community — without ever leaving home. Registration
> > for the NANOG 80 Virtual  > > meeting
> > is now open. Be sure to register in advance to join us from your desktop or
> > mobile device, October 19-21.
> >
> > The NANOG 80 registration fee will be $250. If this presents a hurdle to
> > your attendance, we encourage you to apply for a NANOG 80 fellowship.
> >
> > Register Now
> >  >  
> > >
> > Apply for Fellowship
> >  >  
> > >
> >
> > *Meet the NANOG 80 keynotes*
> > Jezzibell Gillmore of Packet Fabric, and Avi Freedman of Kentik will
> > deliver live-streamed keynotes at NANOG 80 Virtual! Learn more about
> > Jezzibell and Avi, and stay tuned for details on each of their talk
> > abstracts.
> >
> > Learn More  > >
> >
> > *Bring your ideas to life*
> > Transform your experiences and ideas on the latest technologies into a
> > remote presentation for NANOG 80!
> >
> > *Topics of Interest*
> >
> >- SDN
> >- Traffic Analysis
> >- ISP Issues - sharing lessons learned / what to watch out for
> >- Cloud related topics:
> >   - Automation
> >   - Scale Concerns
> >- Routing
> >- Best Current Practices
> >- Career Development Skills
> >
> > The NANOG Program Committee is accepting proposals through August 24, and
> > would love to see yours.
> >
> > Learn More  > >
> >
> > *Miss out on NANOG 79 Virtual?*
> > Our last community-wide virtual gathering may be over, but the hours of
> > archived talks and tutorials, keynotes and panels featured in June are just
> > waiting to be explored!
> >
> > View Recap  > >
> 
> 
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> Large Hadron Collider  >