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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical RE: concern over public peering points [WAS: Peering point speed publicly available?]
> Thanks. Precisely the issue. Being humans involved in this, there is a > tendency to sometimes hack around a problem and then leave it in > place. I know I am susceptible to this and have to be on guard against > this mentality at all times. And I've seen plenty of this in > various orgs. > The key here is to maintain an engineering discipline and be > on constant > guard against 'just this once' kind of thought. There should be no > negotiations > with yourself. > > Even the best of intentions lead to massive entropy when > doing hacks around > issues. > > Temporary fixes aren't. > > /vijay Setting aside the issue of abandoning media after you stop using it, a cable run based on a handshake between two tenants in a telco hotel CAN lead to nightmares when it goes down. On the other hand, if you figure out a way to document it, and have field support lined up, it may turn out to be more easily restored than an "official" interconnect. :-)
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