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[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: [FW-1] How to connecto to 2 ISP's?
Hi - thought I'd reply off-line as we're getting farther and farther from FW-1 info. ----------------------------------- Joe Pampel CTO Ardsley Partners [email protected] >>> Don <[email protected]> 06/03/02 02:13PM >>> > One thing though, WCOM is in bad financial shape. They could be in chap 11 in the > next 18-24 months. (look at their debt load!) That will not help UUnet.. > I've been through 2 bankrupt providers (Northpoint in NYC) and PSInet. > It's not fun and it's a great reason to deal with the headache of 2 carriers. I should talk, > at the time I took my current position my 2 carriers were Northpoint & PSI! ;-) The odd thing is, PSI was still providing one of my customers with service over a year after declaring bankruptcy. Needless to say that was enough time to provision a circuit and move to another provider :) We actually still have one PSi circuit left here, with about 3 weeks of life left. There is an Internap circuit going in it's WIC. I can't wait!! They are running, but their peering is abysmal at the moment and while they switch over to Cogent's monitoring system they don't know whether they are up or down. They've also been having backbone instability so our BGP session with them has been shakey the past week or so. I honestly don't think Cogent will be around in 2 years either (unless they have a ton of cash somewhere..) Northpoint as you may know just up and pulled the plug. I dodged that bullet (by a week) but it was still not fun for 10's of thousands of customers. One consultantcy I know had their national offices connected by Northpoint circuits. Their whole company had no interconnectivity all at once, and with no backup in place. Oops. ;-) I am glad PSI was allowed to flounder more gracefully. I'm sure no one would allow UUnet to just pull the plug either.. they are too big and it would be far too disruptive.. but it still makes me nervous. One reason I went with Internap - some insulation from the travails of any one backbone carrier. Yes, they are one company too, but their biz model is better I think. Just to prove what a loser I am, I also have circuits with IXnet (Global Crossing.) If I'm paranoid, it's from experience. ;-) btw - thanks for all the great posts! Can't speak for anyone else but I really appreciate the time you spend on the list. I've learned a ton! Regards, ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. www.mimesweeper.com ********************************************************************** ================================================= To set vacation, Out Of Office, or away messages, send an email to [email protected] in the BODY of the email add: set fw-1-mailinglist nomail ================================================= To unsubscribe from this mailing list, please see the instructions at http://www.checkpoint.com/services/mailing.html ================================================= If you have any questions on how to change your subscription options, email [email protected] =================================================
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