Re: My first ARIN Experience but probably not the last, unfortunately..

2023-07-14 Thread Darin Steffl
stered) that are the size of a 3X-Small..." and "(existing 3X-Small) > organizations that are (already registered and) the size of a 3X-Small..." > > It seems somewhat unclear to me if it applies to new registrants or if > it's a perk for existing registrants to grow. &g

Re: Verizon/Qwest single end-user difficulty vs Xfinity

2023-03-18 Thread Darin Steffl
Verizon does weird stuff with traffic in their cell network. Like wireguard only running 1-2 Mbps over Verizon but faster on fixed like providers. I'm assuming they rate limit certain protocols to avoid bypassing their streaming video rate limits. I can see 200/30 Mbps on a 4G speedtest but VPN run

Re: 10g residential CPE

2020-12-29 Thread Darin Steffl
Oh they'll get plenty of support calls still, almost all about wifi issues. They'll be connected to 2.4ghz on an old device, run a speedtest and only get 30 mbps and complain they're not getting 950 mbps on their free connection. WiFi issues will always cause support calls no matter what isp. The

Re: 10g residential CPE

2020-12-28 Thread Darin Steffl
f $300 is too much you can pay in 12 installments > of $25. > > The TIK alone costs us about $250. > > Aaron > > > On 12/27/2020 5:04 AM, Mark Tinka wrote: > > > > > > On 12/26/20 20:48, Darin Steffl wrote: > > > >> Aaron, > >> &g

Re: 10g residential CPE

2020-12-26 Thread Darin Steffl
Aaron, One simple question. Why on earth would you offer free internet service? How and why? Your site show 1 Gig symmetrical for free when you should be a minimum of $65 per month to be competitive. On Sat, Dec 26, 2020, 12:31 PM Aaron Wendel wrote: > We run MikroTik RB4011s for residential sp

Re: Hulu Proxy Blocking our IP's

2020-12-03 Thread Darin Steffl
Keep in mind that > error is consumer facing. > > Josh Luthman > 24/7 Help Desk: 937-552-2340 > Direct: 937-552-2343 > 1100 Wayne St > Suite 1337 > Troy, OH 45373 > > > On Thu, Dec 3, 2020 at 11:33 AM Darin Steffl > wrote: > >> It shouldn't b

Re: Hulu Proxy Blocking our IP's

2020-12-03 Thread Darin Steffl
gitalelement.com/contact-us/ > > Josh Luthman > 24/7 Help Desk: 937-552-2340 > Direct: 937-552-2343 > 1100 Wayne St > Suite 1337 > Troy, OH 45373 > > > On Thu, Dec 3, 2020 at 10:42 AM Darin Steffl > wrote: > >> Josh, >> >> I emailed the correct

Re: Hulu Proxy Blocking our IP's

2020-12-03 Thread Darin Steffl
is, please share back to >> the list. We've recently been getting sporadic complaints of same. I >> did speak to a support agent at hulu who advised they utilize google's geo >> database, but haven't been able to get beyond that. >> >> -Scott >&

Hulu Proxy Blocking our IP's

2020-12-03 Thread Darin Steffl
g and haven't heard a thing back. Can someone help get this resolved for us? Thank you ipad...@hulu.com -- Darin Steffl Minnesota WiFi www.mnwifi.com 507-634-WiFi Like us on Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/minnesotawifi>

Re: Hurricane Electric AS6939

2020-10-14 Thread Darin Steffl
gt; > <https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange> > <https://twitter.com/mdwestix> > The Brothers WISP <http://www.thebrotherswisp.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/thebrotherswisp> > <ht

Re: Hurricane Electric AS6939

2020-10-14 Thread Darin Steffl
acebook.com/ICSIL> >>> <https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb> >>> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions> >>> <https://twitter.com/ICSIL> >>> Midwest Internet Exchange <http://www.midwest-ix.com/> >>> <https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix> >>> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange> >>> <https://twitter.com/mdwestix> >>> The Brothers WISP <http://www.thebrotherswisp.com/> >>> <https://www.facebook.com/thebrotherswisp> >>> <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSdfxQv7SpoRQYNyLwntZg> >>> -- >>> >>> *From: *"Aaron Gould" >>> *To: *nanog@nanog.org >>> *Sent: *Tuesday, October 13, 2020 6:29:55 PM >>> *Subject: *Hurricane Electric AS6939 >>> >>> Do y’all like HE for Internet uplink? I’m thinking about using them for >>> 100gig in Texas. It would be for my eyeballs ISP. We currently have >>> Spectrum, Telia and Cogent. >>> >>> -Aaron >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> - Forrest >> > > -- Darin Steffl Minnesota WiFi www.mnwifi.com 507-634-WiFi Like us on Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/minnesotawifi>

Re: Hurricane Electric AS6939

2020-10-14 Thread Darin Steffl
Depending on transport costs, it may be cheaper to just use HE at a datacenter he's already in vs going to a datacenter he's not in currently. HE has 10G of transit for as low as $900 right now. If 10G of transport from him to an IX is more than that, there's no financial incentive to peer instead

Re: Hurricane Electric AS6939

2020-10-13 Thread Darin Steffl
In Minnesota, hurricane has the lowest latency and most routes out of our state. I can reach most destinations with lower latency than any other carrier I've tested. Their NOC is great and easy to reach. Billing is perfect and predictable with no hidden fees or surcharges in the fine print. And th

Re: Gaming Consoles and IPv4

2020-09-27 Thread Darin Steffl
This isn't rocket science. Give each customer their own ipv4 IP address and turn on upnp, then they will have open NAT to play their game and host. On Sun, Sep 27, 2020, 12:50 PM Matt Hoppes < mattli...@rivervalleyinternet.net> wrote: > I know the solution is always “IPv6”, but I’m curious if an

Re: Europe IP Transit Provider Ideas ?

2020-06-30 Thread Darin Steffl
Why isn't Hurricane in your mix yet? They have great routes, some of the lowest pricing available, and they are always easy to reach at the NOC. They also peer at nearly every IX possible. They're #1 in number of BGP adjacencies. It looks like they have 3 or 4 paths in/out of Africa. I'd use their

Re: Netflix Open Connect

2020-04-14 Thread Darin Steffl
go for Netflix OCA. I have not heard > anything. Anyone from Netflix contact me off list? > > I am in charge of AS395437 > > John > -- Darin Steffl Minnesota WiFi www.mnwifi.com 507-634-WiFi <http://www.facebook.com/minnesotawifi> Like us on Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/minnesotawifi>

Re: COVID-19 vs. our Networks

2020-03-13 Thread Darin Steffl
Playing games doesn't take much bandwidth. Downloading games does. So as long as everyone already has their games and there's no updates, playing the game is typically under 100 kbps which is negligible compared to streaming video which takes 1 to 25 mbps. On Fri, Mar 13, 2020, 8:52 PM Sabri Beris

Re: ATT Microcell in Austin, TX

2020-02-18 Thread Darin Steffl
Matt, You're correct that if most of these small cells goes offline during a power outage, the remaining macro cells would not be able to handle the load well. Data would be nearly useless and phone/texts may be sporadic. I believe that when this happens, they should proactively block or limit v

Re: FYI - Suspension of Cogent access to ARIN Whois

2020-01-27 Thread Darin Steffl
Cogent is still violating this whois suspension. A couple wisp's I know were contacted by cogent in the last week after receiving their ASN. On Mon, Jan 27, 2020, 12:57 PM Justin Wilson wrote: > This shall be my answer from now on. > > > On Jan 27, 2020, at 1:22 PM, Dovid Bender wrote: > > > >

Re: akamai yesterday - what in the world was that

2020-01-25 Thread Darin Steffl
Shouldn't game patches like this be released overnight during off-peak hours? Fortnite releases their updates around 3 or 4am when most ISP's networks are at their lowest utilization. It seems somewhat reckless to release such a large patch during awake hours. On Sat, Jan 25, 2020, 12:08 PM Brando

Re: Requesting /24 from ARIN

2019-12-28 Thread Darin Steffl
tify in order to >> legitimately transfer even from an auction. >> >> Get Outlook for Android <https://aka.ms/ghei36> >> >> -- >> *From:* NANOG on behalf of Kaiser, Erich < >> er...@gotfusion.net> >> *Sent:* Satu

Re: Requesting /24 from ARIN

2019-12-28 Thread Darin Steffl
In the most polite manner possible, RTFM. ARIN has all the info on their website on how to request resources. It is not difficult. I've never had to call them before. On Sat, Dec 28, 2019, 9:53 AM Seth Mattinen wrote: > On 12/28/19 7:12 AM, Terrance Devor wrote: > > Thank You Jorge! What is imp

Re: Questions about satellite phones + satellite Internet

2019-12-06 Thread Darin Steffl
I can't speak much to phone service but between Viasat and hughesnet, you'll have a way better experience with Viasat. Don't expect it to be full speed once you hit the caps. It will run slow during peak times once you hit the caps in the fine print. Off peak hours should be fairly fast. Latency al

Re: Puerto Rico IX (operational)

2019-11-13 Thread Darin Steffl
My guess is Aeronet already has a Netflix OCA but Netflix may still be interested adding some gear on the IX for other ISP's that don't qualify for their own appliance. Also, cloudflare would likely want to add a POP here as well. They're trying to be within 10ms of every ISP in the world or somet

Re: Cogent sales reps who actually respond

2019-09-22 Thread Darin Steffl
deal with > acts in this fashion. > > If you're OK with cheap bandwidth sold by car sales rejects, that's > fine... but I am most certainly not interested. > > On Sun, Sep 22, 2019, at 8:02 AM, Darin Steffl wrote: > > It may be unethical to pull emails from ARIN

Re: Cogent sales reps who actually respond

2019-09-22 Thread Darin Steffl
It may be unethical to pull emails from ARIN listings but their sales guys have a job to do and quotas to meet. Don't get mad at the sales reps, maybe think a little higher up the food chain. Each rep I've had has been very fair and respectful. If I don't need anything new, I tell them to followup

Re: AS16509 (Amazon) peering contact

2019-06-27 Thread Darin Steffl
une personne > autre que le (les) destinataire(s) désigné(s) est interdite. Si vous > recevez ce courrier électronique par erreur, veuillez m'en aviser > immédiatement, par retour de courrier électronique ou par un autre moyen. > -- Darin Steffl Minnesota WiFi www.mnwifi.com 507-634-WiFi <http://www.facebook.com/minnesotawifi> Like us on Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/minnesotawifi>

Re: CenturyLink/Level 3 combined AS

2019-06-08 Thread Darin Steffl
Ok just so simplify things. Is Cogent or CenturyLink/L3 better for transit? On Fri, Jun 7, 2019, 3:00 PM Brielle Bruns wrote: > On 6/7/2019 11:03 AM, Romeo Czumbil wrote: > > All new CL Internet get's provisioned on AS3356 > > You would need a strong case for them to put you on AS209 > > > Got

CenturyLink/Level 3 combined AS

2019-06-07 Thread Darin Steffl
terms of latency and packet loss. Thanks -- Darin Steffl Minnesota WiFi www.mnwifi.com 507-634-WiFi <http://www.facebook.com/minnesotawifi> Like us on Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/minnesotawifi>

Re: modeling residential subscriber bandwidth demand

2019-04-03 Thread Darin Steffl
Paul, I have hard time seeing how you aren't maxing out that circuit. We see about 2.3 mbps average per customer at peak with a primarily residential user base. That would about 575 mbps average at peak for 250 users on our network so how do we use 575 but you say your users don't even top 100 mbp

Re: Amazon Peering

2019-01-24 Thread Darin Steffl
e for months. >> >> >> On Sat, Nov 24, 2018 at 12:32 PM JASON BOTHE via NANOG >> wrote: >> >>> This is a note I received on Oct18 when checking on a peering request >>> submitted on Aug7.. >>> >>> “Apologies for the delays here.

Re: Non-profit IX vs. neutral for-profit IX

2018-12-21 Thread Darin Steffl
ice is very good, and compete with one >> another for who has the best service. >> > >> > People think they are getting 'better' because they are going to a >> place that is supposed to be run to benefit people over profit, but alas, >> you'd be very very wrong. >> > -- >> > Brielle Bruns >> > The Summit Open Source Development Group >> > http://www.sosdg.org / http://www.ahbl.org >> > >> >> >> -- >> >> Clayton Zekelman >> Managed Network Systems Inc. (MNSi) >> 3363 Tecumseh Rd. E >> <https://maps.google.com/?q=3363+Tecumseh+Rd.+E+%0D%0AWindsor,+Ontario+%0D%0AN8W+1H4&entry=gmail&source=g> >> Windsor, Ontario >> <https://maps.google.com/?q=3363+Tecumseh+Rd.+E+%0D%0AWindsor,+Ontario+%0D%0AN8W+1H4&entry=gmail&source=g> >> N8W 1H4 >> <https://maps.google.com/?q=3363+Tecumseh+Rd.+E+%0D%0AWindsor,+Ontario+%0D%0AN8W+1H4&entry=gmail&source=g> >> >> tel. 519-985-8410 >> fax. 519-985-8409 >> > -- > Mehmet > +1-424-298-1903 > > -- Darin Steffl Minnesota WiFi www.mnwifi.com 507-634-WiFi <http://www.facebook.com/minnesotawifi> Like us on Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/minnesotawifi>

Re: Amazon Peering

2018-11-24 Thread Darin Steffl
l.com > > Midwest-IX > http://www.midwest-ix.com > > -- > *From: *"Darin Steffl" > *To: *"North American Network Operators' Group" > *Sent: *Friday, November 23, 2018 10:21:51 PM > *Subject: *Amazon Peering > > Hey all, > > Does an

Amazon Peering

2018-11-23 Thread Darin Steffl
but nothing since. -- Darin Steffl Minnesota WiFi www.mnwifi.com 507-634-WiFi <http://www.facebook.com/minnesotawifi> Like us on Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/minnesotawifi>

Re: Whats going on at Cogent

2018-10-23 Thread Darin Steffl
gt; dhubb...@dino.hostasaurus.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Have had the same sales rep for several years now; unfortunately he has >>>> no ability to fix their IPv6 peering issue so we’re slowly removing >>>> circuits, but otherwise for a handful of 10gig DIA circuits it’s been >>>> stable. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Yep, this. Whenever Cogent calls, this is what i tell them. >>>> Black-holing HE and Google ipv6 traffic, which is what they do if i use a >>>> default route from them, is dead on arrival. Shows they make bad decisions >>>> and dont put the customer first, or even create such an illusion. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> *From: *NANOG on behalf of Ryan Gelobter < >>>> rya...@atwgpc.net> >>>> *Date: *Tuesday, October 16, 2018 at 6:04 AM >>>> *To: *NANOG >>>> *Subject: *Whats going on at Cogent >>>> >>>> Anyone else seen terrible support and high turnover of sales/account >>>> people at Cogent the last few months? Is there something going on over >>>> there internally? I'm sure some people will say Cogent has always been crap >>>> but in the past their account reps and support were pretty good. It seems >>>> to have gone downhill the last 12 months really bad. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> Ryan >>>> >>>> >> > -- Darin Steffl Minnesota WiFi www.mnwifi.com 507-634-WiFi <http://www.facebook.com/minnesotawifi> Like us on Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/minnesotawifi>

Re: Puerto Rico Internet Exchange

2018-09-14 Thread Darin Steffl
What is the average latency from the mainland to PR? If it's under 10ms, there's probably not a huge push for a local IX. But to compare to our IX in Minnesota, we are within 8ms of Chicago and we certainly didn't need one here but a group of guys got together some donations and donated rack space

Re: OpenDNS CGNAT Issues

2018-09-11 Thread Darin Steffl
; And, me, saying you had 10+ years of not deploying ipv6. Here’s to the >> > next 10 years of you email this list about your own failure to keep up >> > with the times. >> > >> > We will have this discussion again and again. Not sure your

OpenDNS CGNAT Issues

2018-09-10 Thread Darin Steffl
e a ticket open from 6 days ago but it's not going anywhere fast. Can someone from OpenDNS contact me or point me to a contact there to help get this resolved? I believe we need to claim our CGNAT IP space so residential users can't claim IP's of their own. Thank you! -- Da

Re: DirecTV Now Geolocation Contact

2018-08-21 Thread Darin Steffl
We heard from a customer that it was working great then their locals stopped working because Directv said they were out of market. Of course we didn't change anything and it was normal on our end. Since it's not our service and everything except their locals was working, we told them to escalate t

Re: DirecTV Now contact

2018-05-22 Thread Darin Steffl
In my testing, I see Directv now coming from akamai. We peer with them directly and we're only 4ms away and I sometimes still see buffering. So I'd say there's something more going on. I have no trouble with Netflix, YouTube, real choice demo. On Tue, May 22, 2018, 2:07 PM Mike Hammett wrote: >

Re: Cloudflare 1.1.1.1 public DNS broken w/ AT&T CPE

2018-04-02 Thread Darin Steffl
would > certainly be appreciated. > > Thanks, > -Jeremy > > -- > Jeremy L. Gaddis > > > "The total budget at all receivers for solving senders' problems is > $0. If you want them to accept your mail and manage it the way you > want, send it the way the spec says to." --John Levine > > -- Darin Steffl Minnesota WiFi www.mnwifi.com 507-634-WiFi <http://www.facebook.com/minnesotawifi> Like us on Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/minnesotawifi>

Re: craigslist.com admin

2016-06-02 Thread Darin Steffl
te: > Looking for a craigslist.com admin to connect with offlist about a block > :) > > [DennisBurgessSignature] > www.linktechs.net<http://www.linktechs.net/> - 314-735-0270 x103 - > dmburg...@linktechs.net<mailto:dmburg...@linktechs.net> > > -- Darin Ste

Apple blocking downloads to certain IP address

2016-04-08 Thread Darin Steffl
t for Apple so we can get our entire subnet whitelisted to not be blocked? Thanks -- Darin Steffl Minnesota WiFi www.mnwifi.com 507-634-WiFi <http://www.facebook.com/minnesotawifi> Like us on Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/minnesotawifi>