RE: Nashville

2021-01-14 Thread Hiers, David
No doubt they're good, but the best support can't overcome bad design. From: NANOG On Behalf Of Robert DeVita Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2020 5:17 PM To: Eric Kuhnke ; Sean Donelan Cc: NANOG Subject: Re: Nashville AT&T Disaster Recovery Team is probably the best in the business. The resour

RE: Backhoe season?

2020-03-27 Thread Hiers, David
Backhoes In Space! https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/nasas-mars-insight-lander-to-push-on-top-of-the-mole From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces+david.hiers=cdk@nanog.org] On Behalf Of Kaiser, Erich Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2020 2:26 PM To: Aaron Gould Cc: NANOG list ; Darron Legnon Subject:

SD-WAN Operators Group

2020-03-18 Thread Hiers, David
Hi, If you’re interested in SD-WAN, I’ve started a NANOG-knockoff over on groups.io. https://groups.io/g/sdwanoperators it has all the usual SMTP controls: * Post: sdwanoperat...@groups.io * Subscribe: sdwanoperators+subscr...@groups.io

RE: DHS letters for fuel and facility access

2020-03-17 Thread Hiers, David
Good reminder to test, test, test... -Original Message- From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-boun...@nanog.org] On Behalf Of Warren Kumari Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2020 10:08 AM To: Paul Nash Cc: Untitled 3 Subject: Re: DHS letters for fuel and facility access On Tue, Mar 17, 2020 at 12:44 PM Pau

RE: Quagga for production?

2020-03-17 Thread Hiers, David
Quagga is built into one of our core products, works great. That particular vendor a sponsor of frr, and is replacing quagga with frr soon. Maybe look at the vendor/partner list for quagga and frr, and decide which project has better long-term prospects. David From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-boun

RE: QUIC traffic throttled on AT&T residential

2020-02-27 Thread Hiers, David
We find that they usually impose pretty harsh QOS on a link that has an ATT voice service. David -Original Message- From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-boun...@nanog.org] On Behalf Of Jay Hennigan Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2020 12:13 AM To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: QUIC traffic throttled

RE: Backup over 4G/LTE

2020-01-30 Thread Hiers, David
VeloCloud’s 510-LTE is one option. From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-boun...@nanog.org] On Behalf Of Colton Conor Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2020 6:44 PM To: K. Scott Helms Cc: NANOG list Subject: Re: Backup over 4G/LTE Does Velcloud make an actual LTE box? On Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 6:44 AM K. Scott

RE: Effects of Cold Front on Internet Infrastructure - U.S. Midwest

2019-01-31 Thread Hiers, David
Excessive cold killed us once when the air exit vents froze shut. From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces+david.hiers=cdk@nanog.org] On Behalf Of Naslund, Steve Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2019 9:43 AM To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: RE: Effects of Cold Front on Internet Infrastructure - U.S. Midwes

RE: Feedback - SBC Vendors.

2018-08-09 Thread Hiers, David
You might want to drop this question on the VoiceOps list: voice...@voiceops.org It runs at a good signal-to-noise ratio, so you'll get some useful responses. David -Original Message- From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces+david.hiers=cdk@nanog.org] On Behalf Of James Milko Sent: Thur

RE: Security team objectives

2018-07-31 Thread Hiers, David
The Big Goal of security can be stated something like this: "To bend all of the cost and benefit curves to most closely align with the organization's security goals" If the Board of Directors can't articulate the goals, your pretty much doomed. David -Original Message- From: NANOG [ma

RE: US/Canada International border concerns for routing

2017-08-10 Thread Hiers, David
That is what our lawyers are starting to figure out, too. Very glad to see them converging on the tribal wisdom. Cheers, David -Original Message- From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-boun...@nanog.org] On Behalf Of Andrew Kerr Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2017 6:03 PM To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: R

RE: US/Canada International border concerns for routing

2017-08-09 Thread Hiers, David
I can't thank everyone enough for their input and insight! It sounds like my discovery didn't miss some glaringly obvious form, checkbox, agreement or community (NO-US-EH, for instance ) to keep traffic from crossing the border. Data *storage*, on the other hand, is a very different thing, and

US/Canada International border concerns for routing

2017-08-08 Thread Hiers, David
Hi, We're looking to extend some services into Canada. While our lawyers dig into it, I thought that I'd ask the hive mind about border restrictions. For traffic routing, is anyone constraining cross-border routing between Canada and the US? IOW, if you are routing from Toronto to Montreal, do

Ready to get your federal computer license?

2009-08-28 Thread Hiers, David
Governments already license stock brokers, pilots, commercial drivers, accountants, engineers, all sorts of people whose mistakes can be measured in the loss of hundreds of lives and millions of dollars. http://sip-trunking.tmcnet.com/topics/security/articles/63218-bill-give-president-emergency

RE: FCCs RFC for the Definition of Broadband

2009-08-26 Thread Hiers, David
We're way past the time in which broadband meant more bits than baud, huh? Was it the other way around? I forget... :) Anyway: "Broadband" could be defined as a duplex channel that is some positive multiple of the BW needed to carry the lowest resolution, full-power, public broadcast TV cha

RE: cisco.com

2009-08-04 Thread Hiers, David
Cisco is aware of the issue and they are working on it. David Hiers CCIE (R/S, V), CISSP ADP Dealer Services 2525 SW 1st Ave. Suite 300W Portland, OR 97201 o: 503-205-4467 f: 503-402-3277 -Original Message- From: R. Benjamin Kessler [mailto:r...@mnsginc.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 0

RE: cisco.com

2009-08-04 Thread Hiers, David
FACEBOOK: UP CISCO: UP LOCATION: PORTLAND, OR David Hiers CCIE (R/S, V), CISSP ADP Dealer Services 2525 SW 1st Ave. Suite 300W Portland, OR 97201 o: 503-205-4467 f: 503-402-3277 -Original Message- From: Scott Wolfe [mailto:scott.wo...@cybera.net] Sent: Tuesday, Augus

Voice Operators' Group: voiceops.org

2009-07-31 Thread Hiers, David
Hi Everyone, I'm pleased to announce that the Voice Operators' Group has found an excellent home. Our web site, www.voiceops.org has a good home (thanks Scott!), while Jared, Daniel, and all the great folks over at nether.net are hosting our list server. If VoiceOps can do for voice anything cl

RE: OT: Voice Operators' Group forming

2009-07-29 Thread Hiers, David
Hi All, We're making progress... I registered the domains voiceops.org and voiceops.net. No matter what the final name becomes, at least we've got some domains that aren't too hard on the eyes. Some noble souls have already volunteered to host it on a proper mailman server. Nothing is set

RE: XO - a Tier 1 or not?

2009-07-28 Thread Hiers, David
If you limit your consideration to how things look at IP and AP/AR, then the Tier-N discussion is solvable. If you care about actual physical facilities, all bets are off. Taking a tangent from the diversity concept: http://www.atis.org/ndai/ATIS_NDAI_Final_Report_2006.pdf I worked at a C

OT: Voice Operators' Group forming

2009-07-28 Thread Hiers, David
Hi NANOG, I'd like to announce the formation of a NANOG-knockoff group for voice operators, the Voice Operators' Group. Voice network operators share many of the same challenges as IP network operators; we register with registrars (CILLI, OCN, and ACNA as well as ASN and DNS), route traffic (po

RE: AT&T. Layer 6-8 needed.

2009-07-27 Thread Hiers, David
I"m not a lawyer, but I think that the argument goes something like this... The common carriers want to be indemnified from the content they carry. In other words, the phone company doesn't want to be held liable for the Evil Plot planned over their phone lines. The price they pay for indemnifi

RE: Verio taking twitter down during Iran Election Riots?

2009-06-17 Thread Hiers, David
This is a useful reminder that nanog creates a large part of the battlefield on which state and non-state players constantly prosecute their Information Warfare agendas. What will you do when you get a call from Khamenei, and then one from Obama? Armor up, boys and girls. David Hiers CCIE (R