Re: BANDWIDTH and VONAGE lose FCC rules exemption for STIR/SHAKEN

2022-02-24 Thread Tom Mitchell
I've seen an uptick, but nothing too dramatic. Maybe 4-5 junk calls a day - mostly afternoon. -- Tom On Sun, Feb 20, 2022 at 9:57 AM Josh Luthman wrote: > Mine exploded since the requirement date. Some mornings I get a dozen > before lunch. > > On Fri, Feb 18, 2022 at 2:33 PM Michael Thomas

Re: New minimum speed for US broadband connections

2022-02-24 Thread Tom Mitchell
Go Mike! Seriously, Like Owen, I'm in Evergreen and until recently, my home had very poor speeds, but at least something. Today, I have no option other than Comcast which has jumped to mediocre, and AT&T's DSL. Seriously. I also get better service in the Sierra's, but alas, still only one choice

Re: Any sign of supply chain returning to normal?

2022-04-22 Thread Tom Mitchell
Go virtual. x86 servers are still 5-8 weeks from our usual suppliers, although some NICs are 12 weeks and DC Power Supplies are also 52-weeks/'no-idea'. -- Tom On Fri, Apr 22, 2022 at 6:21 AM Ryan Wilkins wrote: > A company I work for designs a lot of our own hardware and we’ve had a > number

Re: FCC BDC engineer?

2022-07-05 Thread Tom Mitchell
Reach out to the folks at IP Architechs (https://iparchitechs.com/), Readitech (https://engr.readitech.com/) or any of the good PE firms and they can help. -- Tom On Tue, Jul 5, 2022 at 8:44 AM KCI Dave Logan via NANOG wrote: > Hi all. We operate a small regional ISP in Colorado, but no size

CUPS in a BNG?

2023-03-22 Thread Tom Mitchell
Anyone have any thoughts on this CUPS thing? I have a customer asking, but it seems the lack of CP resiliency and additional latency between the DP and CP make this a really dumb idea. Has anyone tried it? Does it make any sense? Thanks!

Re: CUPS in a BNG?

2023-03-22 Thread Tom Mitchell
n > > On Mar 22, 2023, at 4:02 PM, Tom Mitchell > wrote: > > Anyone have any thoughts on this CUPS thing? I have a customer asking, > but it seems the lack of CP resiliency and additional latency between the > DP and CP make this a really dumb idea. Has anyone tried it? Does it make > any sense? > > Thanks! > > >

Re: CUPS in a BNG?

2023-03-22 Thread Tom Mitchell
; Yours, > > Joel > On 3/22/2023 5:53 PM, Tom Mitchell wrote: > > What is it about the architecture that makes it a preferred solution. I > get that centralizing the user databases makes sense, but why the control > plane. What benefit does that have? > > -- Tom > &g

Re: 10G CPE w/VXLAN - vendors?

2023-06-16 Thread Tom Mitchell
Lanner NCA-1516 -- Tom On Fri, Jun 16, 2023 at 9:15 AM Michel Blais wrote: > Pretty sure Ufispace S9502-12SM + IPInfusion OcNOS would work. VxLAN is > supported in the IP Base licence. CRS license must be avoided for VxLAN. > Look at the OcNOS feature matrix to make sure. > > Le mer. 14 juin 2

Re: CPE/NID options

2023-11-24 Thread Tom Mitchell
I don't know about specific SKUs, but IP Infusion make a very popular set of L2 switches. On Wed, Nov 22, 2023 at 8:42 PM Ross Tajvar wrote: > I'm evaluating CPEs for one of my clients, a regional ISP. Currently, > we're terminating the customer's service (L3) on our upstream equipment and > ex

Re: sigs wanted for a response to the fcc's NOI for faster broadband speeds

2023-12-01 Thread Tom Mitchell
Not sure we need the FCC telling us how to build products or run networks. Seat belts are life-or-death, but bufferbloat is rarely fatal ;-) Let it be a point of differentiation. -- Tom On Thu, Nov 30, 2023 at 4:56 PM Dave Taht wrote: > Over here: > > > https://docs.google.com/document/d/19AD

Re: CGNAT growing pains

2024-10-11 Thread Tom Mitchell
Hi Jon, Are you dual stack? v6 would solve some of these issues? On Tue, Oct 8, 2024 at 12:20 PM Jon Lewis wrote: > We started rolling out CGNAT about 6 months ago. It was smooth sailing > for the first few months, but we eventually did run into a number of > issues. > > Our customer base i

Re: CGNAT growing pains

2024-10-11 Thread Tom Mitchell
https://www.google.com/intl/en/ipv6/statistics.html On Tue, Oct 8, 2024 at 1:19 PM Jon Lewis wrote: > I'm not so sure about that. Our customers are all offered dual-stack > (DHCPv6, DHCPv6-PD). Do any of the common streaming services support v6 > yet? Last I checked, Hulu did not. > > On Tu

Re: New home builders without wires

2024-12-03 Thread Tom Mitchell
Beyond that, my home (c. 1996) has RJ-45 stapled to the studs every X feet, jacks in every room, and super-fat coax similarly fastened to studs in 3 rooms. Of course, none of this is in use. How many times have I wished they used conduit. On Tue, Dec 3, 2024 at 10:43 AM Colin Stanners (lists) <