Re: Want to move to all 208V for server racks

2010-12-02 Thread Mark Kent
"Why do we install 120v instead of 208v?" was asked over a year ago either here or on cisco-nsp. It generated a long discussion, but it should have been cut short as early in the thread someone said all that had to be said: "because we are idiots." -mark

NANOG Digest... digest or closer to IM?

2012-02-17 Thread Mark Kent
I got 29 NANOG Digest messages in the past 24 hours. Where are those people who have time to complain about the noise on this list? Did they all leave? Is anyone else willing to take up the cause? -mark

Re: ISP Unbundling circuits

2009-01-29 Thread Mark Kent
On a slightly related topic, a US-based colo outfit used by a company I work with wants a fee to disconnect power to the cage. The tenant had been there for years and, at contract renewal time, was lobbied hard ($$) by the colo company to reduce power consumption. The tenant worked for a few mont

Re: Level 3 Agrees to Purchase Global Crossing

2011-04-11 Thread Mark Kent
Well, this will be the third time that Level3 has purchased my primary upstream provider. Maybe this will be different than with Genuity and Wiltel, but Level3 needs to either stop using the word "legacy" or educate their employees so they know that "legacy" is good and not bad. -mark