Re: Need photographs of IT/Telecom gear/rooms

[Paul Graydon <paul () paulgraydon co uk>]

Loads of good images on Flickr too: http://www.flickr.com/groups/datacenter/

On 10/27/2011 10:10 AM, Landon Stewart wrote:
> I'd probably lift some images from google images personally...
>
> EG: data center - Google Search http://bit.ly/u9fPMd
>
> On 27 October 2011 12:30, Mike<mike-nanog () tiedyenetworks com>  wrote:
>
> > Greetings,
> >
> >         I have been given the opportunity to teach the mechanics of the
> > Internet to a group of 6 - 12'th grade students, and as an engineer and
> > owner of an ISP I have it in mind to really get into this and show these
> > kids how, really, all this stuff works and to make it fun and exciting. I
> > can't take them on a tour of an ATT central office to show off one of my
> > DSLAMs for example, nor can I really show them what a colocation or IX looks
> > like since they are too far away to drive. I was hoping any of you would be
> > kind enough to provide pictures of these types of environments, especially
> > rack mounted switch/router hardware, fiber optic cabling short and long
> > haul, international undersea cable anchor points, or anything else that
> > would make for a good slide presentation in this context. These kids are in
> > a very rural community where marijuana is the main source of income
> > (followed by meth), and have little access to adults doing this type of
> > stuff in the real world. My focus will also include introducing these kids
> > to the concept of having something better such as a career in information
> > technology and talking about ways they themselves might get involved and on
> > track that way, so these photographs would be extremely helpful to light
> > their young minds and get them thinking about their futures.
> >
> > Thank you all.
> >
> > Mike-