RE: Type of network operators?

["Robert West" <robert.west () just-micro com>]

But Butch be da dude.  

Only half a penny?!  Butch, I can cut that penny at least into eighths!

Sheeesh!

Bob-



-----Original Message-----
From: Martin Hannigan [mailto:hannigan () gmail com] 
Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2010 11:19 PM
To: Butch Evans; nanog () nanog org
Subject: Re: Type of network operators?

Thanks. Your observations are good related to active posters. The overall
list is very diverse. Aside from the active posters, the list is about 10K
strong. Everything from AOL to people from Zoos,  law enforcement, banks,
and any industry you can think of.  NANOG is not just a list, but an
interesting hodge podge of builders and occupants of the Internet that
sometimes make sense. :-)

As Paul Wall might say, Drive Slow.

Best,

Marty



On 7/1/10, Butch Evans <nanog () butchevans com> wrote:
> I have been on this list for about 2 weeks, just observing the
>         discussions.  I have primarily worked with wireless service
>         providers in
>         the past who are fairly low budget operators.  Some of the
>         things I've
>         observed about this group are:
>
>         * This list seems to be populated by better funded operations
>         (whether
>         that means larger or just better at getting funding may remain
>         to be
>         seen)
>
>         * Most of the operators on this list seem to be pretty good at
>         their
>         work and the questions seem to revolve around more complex
>         issues
>
>         * There seems to be a number of corporate network operators on
>         this list
>         as opposed to access network operators (such as ISPs and such)
>
>         I hope you all don't take this as an affront and get offended,
>         as that's
>         not my intent.  I am just making some simple observations.
>
>         Having said this, I wanted to introduce myself and see if this
>         is a list
>         that I need to participate in actively.  I am a network engineer
>         and
>         consultant.  I have worked in the past with Cisco, Juniper and
>         other
>         similar "higher end" type devices, but it's been a while since I
>         had
>         customers who use that gear.  Most of my current customer base
>         are
>         smaller operators who can pinch a penny in half.  :-)
>
>         I do a lot of work with MikroTik RouterOS, ImageStream and other
>         Linux
>         based devices.  I do engineering, training, hardware sales and
>         such for
>         networks all over the world.  I am likely to continue to monitor
>         the
>         list for questions that are in my area of expertise, but
>         wondered if
>         these devices I mention are "common" to operators on this list.
>         I know
>         that I have not caught a discussion that involved any of them so
>         far
>         (other than one reference to an OpenBSD solution a day or two
>         ago).
>
>         Anyway, hello to the list and I look forward to finding a home
>         among
>         this group.