RE: [cobalt-users] Need advice on Colocating or Self Location

[Grant Stern <grantstern@xxxxxxx>]

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At 04:02 PM 3/28/2002, you wrote:
> >The local loop cost us
> > about $400 per month without any service on it.  You can get some sdsl
> > close to it for less.  No loop charge.  But regardless you have to add the
> > isp and that is going to charge, probably $400 or more per month.
>
>Off-topic and maybe a stupid question in someones mind but what is a local
>loop?


>>>The wire/line that the local phone company (or local clec) brings into your
>>>location for whatever company to use to provide service to you.

>>>How ever you want to word it, it is the line brought into your
>>>location.  In a lot of cases the local phone company provides it and
>>>resells it to some other company to provide service to you.  Today, some
>>>competitive local exchange companies (clec) can actually run the service
>>>themselves and it does not have to be the "local bell" company run the wire.


And if you get a company smaller than an enormous corporate entity that says
they can run your local loop, run away quickly.  They will offer plenty of
apologies for your downtime.  Just look for a smaller independent isp that
works with the big clec, and see if you can find an installation special.

Look around for something like yipes.com which is a scalable pipe with fiber
in your office, or a commercial cable connection which has the same
advantages.  The adv that you can order more bandwidth on demand, even pay
by the day if you know that there's a rush coming on (ie. $80 for one day of
5 mbps pipe).  The in is expensive though with yipes.  Don't know about
cable, but know an isp who does cable and has much love.

Personally, I highly recommend co-lo.  I am on a nice dual t3 network with
all the bells and whistles.  I have 0 downtime and a nice firewall
protecting the box (look for a place using netfilter).  On top of all that,
my machine is also secure there, and they have a netbots raq that maintains
24 hour audio (in case something falls)/video (u can imagine) surveillance.

Good luck
gs