DIY ISP (was Re:So Rogers has lost me as a customer...)
Lennart Sorensen
lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys at public.gmane.org
Wed Feb 1 20:19:51 UTC 2006
On Wed, Feb 01, 2006 at 03:05:39PM -0500, Vlad Slavoaca wrote:
> Well, first, DSL technology Doesn't Work Like That(tm). Not
> just the distance, but also, you know, going over Bell's lines and
> into their DSLAM.
SDSL can work like that. Many SDSL modems can work back to back over
bare wire pairs. Still within the limits of DSL distances of course,
and then there is the issue of needing to have the pair of wire in the
first place to run it over.
> What you want is a LANx ("LAN Extension Service"). Basically,
> it's a fiber line from your office to another location of your choice,
> usually a datacentre, to your equipment there. If you have upstream at
> that location, all the better.
> It's basically a Layer 2 link managed by a third party. Some
> can be pretty cheap; as in, about a grand a month for a 10Mbit line or
> so.
I have certainly seen companies that offer such services. Toronto Hydro
for example. Amazing what they can do when they run fibre along with
their power lines around town. :)
> Also, having your own ASN is NOT "pretty darn cool". You not
> only need to be properly multihomed, but have enough address space
> that it's worthwhile to advertise routes yourself, as opposed to just
> being aggregated by your various upstream providers.
> It's NOT "pretty darn cool" to be yet another guy trying to be
> a network admin and just adding overhead to the world routing tables.
> There's already enough issues with clueless netadmins making life hard
> for everyone else. End NANOG rant.
I wouldn't want to do it.
Len Sorensen
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