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Re: PhoenixDSL/Telocity/Megapath

  • From: Robert L. Harris
  • Date: Mon Feb 05 22:02:39 2001


Was a question concerning the providers, their infrastructure and
status.  


Thus spake Andy ([email protected]):

> 
> Why is someone's DSL line being discussed on NANOG?
> 
> andy
> 
> On Mon, 5 Feb 2001, Robert L. Harris wrote:
> 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Nope.  He's got an external adapter that has eth out.  He can ping up
> > to his gateway with both boxes, but not the next box.  
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Thus spake Jason Lewis ([email protected]):
> > 
> > > Sounds fishy to me.....
> > > 
> > > Is the line somehow tied to his MAC?
> > > 
> > > jas
> > > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of
> > > Robert L. Harris
> > > Sent: Monday, February 05, 2001 8:54 PM
> > > To: [email protected]
> > > Subject: PhoenixDSL/Telocity/Megapath
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Just got some news that in a neat twist of sales between PheonixDSL,
> > > Telocity and Megapath, anyone originally on Pheonix's line will be without
> > > support.  A friend of mine in the mean time tried to hook up a new firewall
> > > and can't get past his gateway, but can ping the gateway.  The windows
> > > box originally installed works fine though.  Someone at Level 1 customer
> > > support says "yeah something's wrong" and he won't be able to do anything
> > > until he gets a new Telocity DSL router for his DSL.  This of course
> > > will take 3 weeks to ship.
> > > 
> > > This sound normal? Does the person on the other end of the phone have a
> > > clue? (i.e. Anyone at Telocity/Megapath know the truth of what's going
> > > on with them? ) I have some customers using them for small businesses.
> > > 
> > > No, cablemodems and other dsl systems aren't available where he is right
> > > now.
> > > 
> > > Robert
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > :wq!
> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > Robert L. Harris                |  Micros~1 :  
> > > Senior System Engineer          |    For when quality, reliability 
> > >   at RnD Consulting             |      and security just aren't
> > >                                 \_       that important!
> > > DISCLAIMER:
> > >       These are MY OPINIONS ALONE.  I speak for no-one else.
> > > FYI:
> > >  perl -e 'print $i=pack(c5,(41*2),sqrt(7056),(unpack(c,H)-2),oct(115),10);'
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > :wq!
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Robert L. Harris                |  Micros~1 :  
> > Senior System Engineer          |    For when quality, reliability 
> >   at RnD Consulting             |      and security just aren't
> >                                 \_       that important!
> > DISCLAIMER:
> >       These are MY OPINIONS ALONE.  I speak for no-one else.
> > FYI:
> >  perl -e 'print $i=pack(c5,(41*2),sqrt(7056),(unpack(c,H)-2),oct(115),10);'
> > 
> > 



:wq!
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Robert L. Harris                |  Micros~1 :  
Senior System Engineer          |    For when quality, reliability 
  at RnD Consulting             |      and security just aren't
                                \_       that important!
DISCLAIMER:
      These are MY OPINIONS ALONE.  I speak for no-one else.
FYI:
 perl -e 'print $i=pack(c5,(41*2),sqrt(7056),(unpack(c,H)-2),oct(115),10);'