[AusNOG] Contact at Optus on the list?

Skeeve Stevens skeeve+ausnog at eintellegonetworks.com
Sun May 25 17:00:42 EST 2014


Excellent to know.


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On Sun, May 25, 2014 at 3:08 PM, James Braunegg <james.braunegg at micron21.com
> wrote:

> Optus XYZed and Ewan products are being overhauled currently which will
> compete directly with AAPT type services and price points…
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> Can’t say much because we are under NDA with Optus Wholesale as new aggregator
> but watch this space for new wholesale products which are coming to market
> soon!
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> Optus are fantastic to deal with, you just need volume which is fair
> enough!!
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> Kindest Regards
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> *From:* AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] *On Behalf Of *Skeeve
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> *Sent:* Sunday, May 25, 2014 12:51 PM
> *To:* Barry Murphy
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> *Subject:* Re: [AusNOG] Contact at Optus on the list?
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> Hi Barry,
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> Yes, it is sad that Optus choose to do this... early on they were a leader
> in Wholesale with XYZed, but they've not innovated or done anything
> interesting in the space for a long time (wholesale 3G being the best
> thing) and yes, the bar for spend they set is high, which has limited a lot
> of smaller players selling their products directly.
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>
> This has its positives and negatives for them, but mostly negative for the
> market. The big negative is that they aren't really all that relevant into
> todays wholesale market, which you can expect from a carrier with a mostly
> retail focus - although they suck at the SME space for broadband solutions.
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> At any time Optus could make themselves more relevant in the market, but I
> don't think they are very motivated to do much about it... no idea why.
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> ...Skeeve
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> On Sun, May 25, 2014 at 11:26 AM, Barry Murphy <
> barry at vibecommunications.co.nz> wrote:
>
> Thanks Skeeve,
>
>
>
> It seems many people can provide transit to Optus but to buy off Optus
> direct you have to have a very large spend.
>
> I have a circuit going live to AAPT in the next month so that will give me
> a closer AS path to Optus, however was hoping for a more direct link to
> their AS.
>
> The problem is Optus sometimes prefer us via the US as we peer / buy
> transit direct in the USA and at current it can be the same AS hop length
> so we get additional latency.
>
> Hopefully with the AAPT Domestic this will solve things, currently we use
> Global-Gateway (Telecom NZ), Telstra Global & Vocus to get to AU; so AAPT
> should be the more direct path.
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> Many thanks
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> *From: *Skeeve Stevens <skeeve+ausnog at eintellegonetworks.com>
> *Date: *Sunday, 25 May 2014 1:23 PM
> *To: *Barry Murphy <barry at vibecommunications.co.nz>
> *Cc: *"ausnog at lists.ausnog.net" <ausnog at lists.ausnog.net>
> *Subject: *Re: [AusNOG] Contact at Optus on the list?
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> Hey Barry,
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>
> Talk to Tim Jones at iSeek.  They are on Megaport and are a big Optus
> house for their transit.  They will likely deliver you Optus transit over
> Megaport.
>
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>
> ...Skeeve
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>
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> On Sun, May 25, 2014 at 7:17 AM, Barry Murphy <
> barry at vibecommunications.co.nz> wrote:
>
> Hey guys,
>
>
>
> Looking for a contact at Optus I can speak to for Domestic (Australian)
> transit that we can purchase over a Megaport VXC.
>
> If you're from optus and can help, please email me off list, else if you
> know someone from optus that can help with my query please flick me through
> the details off list.
>
>
>
> Many thanks in advance.
>
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>
> Regards
>
> --
>
> *Barry Murphy* | barry at vibecommunications.co.nz | Chief Operating Officer
> | *Vibe Communications Limited *| Mobile: 0274 909 712
>
> Unit A7, 1 Beresford Square, Auckland Central 1010 | PO Box 68707, Newton,
> Auckland 1145 | Phone: 09 222 0000 Ext 6 | 0800 842326 | Fax: 0800 842327
>
> WEB: http://www.vibecommunications.co.nz
>
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