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Grex > Coop11 > #170: GREX Internet Connection Moves, but where? | |
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scg
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response 65 of 91:
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Jul 26 21:27 UTC 2000 |
But if it were just the copper pair going in, and there were other tenants
in the building who could give them access to the phone room, they wouldn't
have had any reason to call you. Somebody might want to look in the Pumpkin's
phone room to see if it's there. It should be something on the Cyberspace
Communications punch block, tagged with a circuit id.
How's the IP renumbering going? The netlag is getting pretty horrible, and
it's the convoluted routing, not the ISDN connection, that's doing it.
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scott
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response 66 of 91:
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Jul 26 22:06 UTC 2000 |
Well, I sent mail to our staff discussion list about "where the heck is that
phone closet, anyway?" and nobody answered me. :(
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prp
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response 67 of 91:
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Jul 26 23:26 UTC 2000 |
Maybe I should ask in garage, but just what is the convoluted routing?
I'm ssuming something like user -> old isp -> new isp -> grex -> new isp
-> old isp -> user.
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scg
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response 68 of 91:
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Jul 27 05:49 UTC 2000 |
Something like that.
To get to the phone closet:
Get the key that is hanging above the punch down block in the Pumpkin.
Go along the right side of the building, to the second or third door. It's
teh door with signs on it for a bunch of different companies. The key will
open it.
Once you've gone through that door, there will be a hallway with frequent 90
degree turns. Go along that hallway a bit, and there will be steps on your
left going into a dark room. That is the phone room. There is a light switch
somewhere.
Once you have turned the lights on, look at the punch blocks. One of them
will be labeled "Cyberspace Communications."
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scott
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response 69 of 91:
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Jul 27 11:16 UTC 2000 |
Thanks, Steve.
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scott
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response 70 of 91:
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Aug 2 16:07 UTC 2000 |
Great news!
The Covad installer is here ad the Pumpkin. We got an email last night, and
it was promised between 12-5. Right at the dot of noon the guy showed up.
He's in the phone closet right now.
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eeyore
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response 71 of 91:
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Aug 2 16:10 UTC 2000 |
WOO-HOO!!!!!
Once the Covad is in, how long until the new ISDN is up and running?
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scott
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response 72 of 91:
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Aug 2 16:14 UTC 2000 |
I don't know... I'm just the guy with flexible afternoons.
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carson
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response 73 of 91:
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Aug 3 12:49 UTC 2000 |
(geez. a guy shows up to help and you stick him in the phone closet.
some friendly guy *you* are. I hope you don't do that to all of your
guests.)
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janc
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response 74 of 91:
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Aug 6 02:26 UTC 2000 |
We need to coordinate with Jared on a time to shut things down, renumber
and bring it all back up again. I was pushing this, but I'm rather sick
just now and aren't up to pushing anything.
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jiffer
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response 75 of 91:
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Aug 7 03:57 UTC 2000 |
You may want to wait another week ot push Jared since he is out of town
currently.
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eeyore
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response 76 of 91:
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Aug 7 04:26 UTC 2000 |
Technicalities......:)
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janc
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response 77 of 91:
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Aug 8 17:32 UTC 2000 |
One thing we need to figure out is how to talk to Voayager. We have a real
honest to gosh contract with them, and presumably they have ways to get things
done even when Jared is out of town. It's great having Jared as a contact,
but he shouldn't be our only contact.
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jiffer
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response 78 of 91:
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Aug 8 19:24 UTC 2000 |
why not just call Voyager Customer Service?
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prp
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response 79 of 91:
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Aug 9 05:13 UTC 2000 |
You should apoint someone as the primary contact person for dealing with
Voayager. Or maybe a finincial person and a technicial person.
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devnull
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response 80 of 91:
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Aug 12 04:26 UTC 2000 |
Re #77: My experiecence suggests that in fact it would be unsurprising
if waiting for jered is a better approach than talking with the generic
tech support number.
I also find myself wondeirng if it would be sensible to keep the ISDN
line around as backup for times wehn the DSL is down. I believe telcos
are likely to bother to fix ISDN an order of magnitued faster than DSL
in the event that something breaks. You could also put the ISDN line
at the end of the hunt group, and plug modems into the POTS jacks on the ISDN
router (assuming it has them, but the $300 ISDN router I use has them),
so that when we aren't using the ISDN for the internet connection it isn't
wasted.
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scg
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response 81 of 91:
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Aug 12 16:38 UTC 2000 |
The Pipeline 50 doesn't have POTS jacks. It may be possible to get Ascend
to upgrade it to a Pipeline 75, which does. Or a 3Com Impact IQ could be used
for that purpose.
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devnull
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response 82 of 91:
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Aug 12 18:28 UTC 2000 |
If we end up having to spend $350 to buy a better ISDN router but are then
able to cut two lines and save about $40 a month, that will pay for itself
in about 9 months.
However, if we look around enough we can probably get a router with POTS
jacks for much less.
Incidentally, I think Lucent bought Ascend.
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jared
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response 83 of 91:
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Aug 13 21:28 UTC 2000 |
back
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prp
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response 84 of 91:
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Aug 14 04:17 UTC 2000 |
Cutting two lines and keeping ISDN only saves $40/month if the ISDN line is
free. Still the idea makes sense if the ISDN ine is $40/mo or less.
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krj
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response 85 of 91:
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Aug 16 21:40 UTC 2000 |
resp:65, resp:74 :: is the renumbering still not happening?
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prp
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response 86 of 91:
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Aug 16 22:21 UTC 2000 |
By pure chance, I just found www.2wire.com. They list 33 DSL ISPs with 115
plans for Grex and me. Their database seems fairly complete, but the web
interface designer should be fired.
From what I could tell Voyager's prices were competive.
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janc
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response 87 of 91:
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Aug 17 03:53 UTC 2000 |
I've sent some more mail to staff trying to get this organized.
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krj
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response 88 of 91:
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Aug 31 14:57 UTC 2000 |
For the historical record: Grex cut over to the DSL connection
last night.
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jared
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response 89 of 91:
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Sep 1 15:58 UTC 2000 |
I would guess you want to cancel the ISDN lines at this point.
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