<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>It maybe too late now that it's almost full, but one wonders if you could build a business as a cabler by purchasing two racks (MMR1, 2) and running cables (probably mainly fibre in GS) from each end of a xconnect to your racks rather than direct and then being able to sell xconnects by the month (ie. first xconnect pays for the cabling, second, third hopefully ride for free as you can just patch inside your racks).</div><div><br></div><div>Just need a quick ordering/billing system and probably a systematic way of labeling each fibre tray and being able to do it at low cost so you don't burn TOO much. Maybe an exclusive deal contract so people don't use you only for expensive runs. At $100/month for a fibre xconnect it's probably a doable business as long as you have a bit of cash to burn to start up.</div><div><br></div><div>Bonus points for offering remote hands, shipping and box disposal.</div><div><br></div><div>MMC</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div><div>On 27/10/2008, at 12:14 AM, Skeeve Stevens wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>Hey all,<br><br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>I regularly get asked if I know anyone who is approved to do cabling<br>in Globalswitch. There are a few, but some are expensive, while others are<br>incompetent.<br><br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>We've been using someone new - Fibre Dart - who has already done a<br>number of jobs for us and other ISP's in GS with excellent results and<br>pricing. They've also gotten to know the site pretty well and know the<br>procedures on how to get things done.<br><br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>They have all the right licences etc and are also electricians as<br>well as master cablers and so on. The biggest job they did for us was<br>cabling an entire hall at Darling Harbour Exhibition Centre for the World<br>Youth Day media centre which involved cat5/6, fibre and copper (PSTN/ISDN)<br>and the whole thing went perfectly.<br><br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Yes this is a bit of a plug, but I get asked so regularly that I<br>thought these lists could use another contact for someone who does good<br>work.<br><br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>His details are:<br><br>Adrian Hallstrom<br>Fibre Dart<br>[M] 0415 331 202<br>[P] 02 9037 0606<br>[F] 02 8324 6360<br>[E] <a href="mailto:adrian@fibredart.com.au">adrian@fibredart.com.au</a><br><br>...Skeeve<br><br>--<br>Skeeve Stevens, CEO<br>eintellego Pty Ltd - The Networking Specialists<br><a href="mailto:skeeve@eintellego.net">skeeve@eintellego.net</a> / <a href="http://www.eintellego.net">www.eintellego.net</a><br>Phone: (+61) 1300 753 383, Fax: (+612) 8572 9954<br>Cell +61 (0)414 753 383 / skype://skeeve<br>--<br>NOC, NOC, who's there?<br><br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>AusNOG mailing list<br><a href="mailto:AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net">AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net</a><br><a href="http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog">http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog</a><br></div></blockquote></div><br><div apple-content-edited="true"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>-- <br>Matthew Moyle-Croft Internode/Agile Peering and Core Networks<br>Level 4, 150 Grenfell Street, Adelaide, SA 5000 Australia<br>Email: <a href="mailto:mmc@internode.com.au">mmc@internode.com.au</a> Web: <a href="http://www.on.net/">http://www.on.net</a><br>Direct: +61-8-8228-2909<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span> Mobile: +61-419-900-366<br>Reception: +61-8-8228-2999 Fax: +61-8-8235-6909<br></div></div></span> </div><br></div></body></html>