Re: Qwest Transit

2002-04-02 Thread John Osmon
Don't forget that in this 14 state region, interLATA connections for Qwest are handled by a third party (generally TouchAmerica for IP connectivity from what I've seen). That fact may, or may not, mean anything to you. If you goal is to reach me, it may be discouraging - but I doubt it.

Re: Williams Opinions?

2002-05-06 Thread John Osmon
On Mon, May 06, 2002 at 09:58:27AM -0400, Owens, Shane (EPIK.ORL) wrote: > Does anyone have any current opinions on Williams IP service and any > expected changes with the Chapter 11? > > Shane Can't speak to their service, as I've never bought anything from them. After multiple spams in the l

Re: AOL scomp

2005-02-24 Thread John Osmon
nymore. - for N > X -- tell the sender that we aren't delivering the mail because it is likely to get us put on a blacklist. We haven't fleshed things out completely, because we're not sure the cure is better than the disease yet... -- John Osmon

Re: Clearwire May Block VoIP Competitors

2005-03-30 Thread John Osmon
On Wed, Mar 30, 2005 at 07:05:44PM -0500, Jared Mauch wrote: [...] > I think one of the major problems is that very few people know > how to, or are capable of sending larger g711 frames (at increased > delay, but more data per packet) because they can't set these more granular > settings on

Re: Recent changes to UltraDNS, problems?

2004-08-23 Thread John Osmon
On Mon, Aug 23, 2004 at 07:53:13PM -0400, Robert Blayzor wrote: > > Has anyone else noticed any strange problems lately when querying > UltraDNS for name server records? Not for name server records, but we do have a glue record in .org that pops up when querying one ultradns.net TLD nameserver,

Missle Silos (was: Backbone Infrastructure and Secrecy)

2003-07-09 Thread John Osmon
> On Wed, 9 Jul 2003, Eric Kuhnke wrote: > > In the US, American Tower is/was liquidating a number of cold war era > ex-AT&T blast-proof sites. They are all in need of an upgrade, but the > basics are there (underground, multiple layers of concrete, blast doors, > etc. Even "blast toilets". I'

Re: Sabotage investigation of fiber cuts in Northwest

2003-11-02 Thread John Osmon
On Sun, Nov 02, 2003 at 09:37:30PM -0500, Robert M. Enger wrote: > You'd think after three previous disruptions, that Qwest would > have enabled some form of redundancy. > > The Washington State PUC doesn't appear to be providing > very good oversight. Farmington, NM doesn't have any redundancy

Rural nework economics [was: Sabotage...]

2003-11-03 Thread John Osmon
On Mon, Nov 03, 2003 at 08:15:11AM -0500, Douglas S. Peeples wrote: > > What you describe is a folded ring and is indicative of either a temporary > solution or bad network design. As a rule, phone companies and capacity > suppliers build very robust systems. LATA and ILEC boundaries, along w

Re: Microsoft XP SP2 (was Re: Lazy network operators - NOT)

2004-04-19 Thread John Osmon
On Mon, Apr 19, 2004 at 12:03:32PM -0700, Dan Hollis wrote: > > On Mon, 19 Apr 2004, Jeff Shultz, WIllamette Valley Internet wrote: > > ** Reply to message from Drew Weaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Mon, 19 Apr 2004 > > 13:42:53 -0400 [...notification of the...] > > > average home Dial-Up user

IPv6 network boundaries vs. IPv4

2007-08-25 Thread John Osmon
Is anyone out there setting up routing boundaries differently for IPv4 and IPv6? I'm setting up a network where it seems to make sense to route IPv4, while bridging IPv6 -- but I can be talked out of it rather easily. Years ago, I worked on a academic network where we had a mix of IPX, DECnet, A

Re: IPv6 network boundaries vs. IPv4

2007-08-27 Thread John Osmon
On Mon, Aug 27, 2007 at 07:12:54AM -0400, Jason LeBlanc wrote: > > OT: He probably meant MOP and LAT are not routable, man that brings back > memories. Yeah, I realy did, but my fingers typed 'decnet isn't routable' because that how the folks I worked with at the time described the issue. I wa

Re: Using Mobile Phone email addys for monitoring

2007-09-06 Thread John Osmon
On Thu, Sep 06, 2007 at 05:51:38PM -0400, Alex Pilosov wrote: [...] > Analog modem and voice line and TAP software (like sendpage or qpage) I like the TAP route with qpage. I was starting to get spam via my provider's e-mail to SMS gateway. They were kind enough to disable it, and we use TAP t

Re: Area Social Activity

2008-02-15 Thread John Osmon
On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 11:20:53AM -0800, Jay Hennigan wrote: > > Rod Beck wrote: > >I am suggesting a Certified Drinkers Event in the hotel bar Sunday evening. > > Any Hash House Harriers in our midst? The thought of the cross-section of society that would partake in both NANOG and H^3 is rath

Re: single homed public-peer bandwidth ... pricing survey ?

2007-03-06 Thread John Osmon
On Tue, Mar 06, 2007 at 01:51:39PM -0800, Jason Arnaute wrote: [...] > Or am I just getting ripped off ? I have actually seen contracts that have current pricing over $200/Mbps -- but the person responsible isn't allowed to "negotiate" on transit prices anymore. :-) (To be fair, at the time