<div dir="ltr">You can add EntrustICT to the list as well. They also provide Layer2/VPDN services. They they terminate it on their own Mikrotiks and hand off as ethernet where you need it.<div><br></div><div>Drikus,</div><div>.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Jul 29, 2020 at 10:52 PM Benjamin Ricardo <<a href="mailto:ben.ricardo@acs.com.au">ben.ricardo@acs.com.au</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Thanks for the input David, Bevan & Jared, also to the many others that responded privately.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>The call home idea is a good one Jared. One big advantage is the ability to be a bit carrier agnostic and use the provider with the best signal strength in the area. Mikrotik also do a bunch of gear
with LTE support which seems to be pretty flexible. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>I would prefer the public address delivered direct to the endpoint though (less moving parts… got to hate VPN lockups).<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Far out Bevan $80k in OOB connections! We’re a touch shy of that.. eh hem..
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Had I known how popular a topic this was I would not have worried about creating noise on the list!<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>For the many others interested; potential providers referred to me as a result of this request (listed FIFO) -
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>2SG (<a href="http://2sg.com.au" target="_blank">2sg.com.au</a>) <u></u>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Exetel <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Field Solutions Group <– have not checked this out yet though.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>URL networks <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">ZettaNet (part of ZettaGrid)<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Connected Australia<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>If I missed anyone, I am very sorry.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Probably got as many as I can handle at this stage, thanks very much to all that responded the wealth of knowledge on this list is incredible.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Cheers,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, 29 July 2020 7:53 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Bevan Slattery <<a href="mailto:bevan@slattery.net.au" target="_blank">bevan@slattery.net.au</a>>; David Hughes <<a href="mailto:david@hughes.com.au" target="_blank">david@hughes.com.au</a>>; Benjamin Ricardo <<a href="mailto:ben.ricardo@acs.com.au" target="_blank">ben.ricardo@acs.com.au</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> AusNOG Mailing List <<a href="mailto:ausnog@ausnog.net" target="_blank">ausnog@ausnog.net</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [AusNOG] MBB Wholesale Service provider<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We are about to evaluate exactly the same thing at the moment. Looking at Australia first, but potentially globally. Save almost $80k per month in OOB services globally if this stands up technically. Talking to same provider in Australia.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> AusNOG <<a href="mailto:ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net" target="_blank">ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net</a>> on behalf of David Hughes <<a href="mailto:david@hughes.com.au" target="_blank">david@hughes.com.au</a>><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, July 29, 2020 4:43 pm<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">Just wondering if anyone knows of a service provider (hopefully a wholesaler) that can provide us 3G,4G,LTE services with a<span class="gmail-m_4126039579699648115fa-m06e1l"> </span><b>static IPv4 address</b>?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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