[BBLISA] CoLo near waltham/lexington

[Sean Lutner]

On Tue, March 14, 2006 1:46 pm, sgw at wadlow.net said:
> (I originally responded to Grant, when I meant to respond to the list.
> Still getting used to
> squirrelmail as an occasional alternative to a "real" MUA.  Sorry
> about
> that!)
>
>> I'll second MCI in Billerica.  Security is good and in the almost
>> two
>> years I've been managing a colo there I've never had any
>> avaliability
>> problems.  It looks very well managed from my perspective and the
>> people
>> there are helpful and professional.  It might be relatively
>> expensive.
>
> Are you stuck using MCI's network, or can you get on something that
> doesn't suck? This is a problem with the AT&T facility in waltham.

I'm not sure if you can bring another provider in there. I didn't when
I was there. I had a soft limited 100M pipe and never had any real
issues with the network.

>
>> I used the facility that I guess is now Internap in Charlestown when
>> it
>> was Hosting.com.  I think its weakness then was a single Internet
>> connection (lack of diversity).  They might have fixed it now.  It's
>> a
>> good location if you need a location you can get to by T or car.
>
> They had a number of other problems, most notably a very instable
> powerplant, in spite of being on multiple grids.    There have been
> other
> problems for which I'm not willing to trust that facility.
>
>> I think there are some colos in downtown Boston in the former Jordan
>> Marsh building but I think parking is an issue.

There is also a Sprint facility in the Fenway area right on Brookline
Ave. I toured the facility once and wasn't very impressed.

>
> That's mainly a carrier hotel more than anything.   I keep trying to
> get
> in there, but it's not that easy
>
> However, that is one of the interconnect points for the "new" boston
> MXP -
> http://www.bmxp.net/ There are a bunch of us trying to get this back
> to
> life.   If you've got a
> need to exchange traffic with other Boston-area companies, you'll be
> able
> to do it more
> cheaply/efficiently through the MXP, instead of having to send all
> your
> traffic via Virginia or
> Chicago.   We're still in the process of getting it ramped up again,
> but
> the more people who are connected to it, the better the overall net
> goodness.  (yes, there are typos on the webpage.   working on that...
> :) )
>
>          -steve
>
>
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