[c-nsp] Small, DC Router with 1WIC + 1NM

[Matthew Crocker]

>
> Word of warning: back in our Rhythms reselling days (remember the good 
> ol'
> days ;-), we turned up one customer that was literally across the 
> street
> from the CO -- maybe a 400' loop tops. The automated provisioning 
> system
> Rhythms used kept reporting an 'open' due to the short loop even though
> there was nothing wrong with it. The DSLAM equipment didn't believe any
> customer could be that close, and we had a lot of trouble getting the
> circuit turned up.

Thanks,

  I'll hide a couple  thousand feet of cat 3 in the cable tray ;)
>
> Better solution: add another fiber entrance to your colo so that your
> SONET gear can heal your ring(s) in the event of a fiber cut. This way 
> you
> don't need out of band (as much :-).

My ring is diverse but 'shit happens (tm)' so I would rather be better 
safe than sorry.  $50/month is cheap for a 768k connection for OOB 
management. It is also fast enough to run CTC over

-Matt