Re: Equinix Virginia - Ethernet OOB suggestions

[Ruairi Carroll <ruairi.carroll () gmail com>]

On 10 November 2014 15:20, Joe Greco <jgreco () ns sol net> wrote:

> > Hey,
> >
> > VPN setup is not really a viable option (for us) in this scenario.
> > Honestly, I'd prefer to just call it done already and have a VPN but due
> to
> > certain restraints, we have to go down this route.
>
> Without explaining the "restraints," this kinda boils down to "'cuz we
> want it," which stopped being good justification many years ago.

Well, I was hoping that I could get some good pointers about where to look
to open up the sales discussion and what is possible for us (With some
trickery, we could probably do under  </24, however again - I dont want a
design discussion right now).

I was really hoping that this would not turn out to be some bikeshedding or
discussions about design constraints in public.

Either way, thank you for taking the time to reply.

/ruairi


> I doubt you'll find many takers who would want to provide you with a
> circuit for a few Mbps with a /23 for OOB purposes "'just cuz."
>
> I note that we're present in Equinix Ashburn and could do it, and that
> this is basically a nonstarter for us.
>
> ... JG
> --
> Joe Greco - sol.net Network Services - Milwaukee, WI - http://www.sol.net
> "We call it the 'one bite at the apple' rule. Give me one chance [and]
> then I
> won't contact you again." - Direct Marketing Ass'n position on e-mail
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> With 24 million small businesses in the US alone, that's way too many
> apples.