[AusNOG] ip connectivity in sydney

[Andrew Jones]

Campbell, Alex wrote:
> Equinix and GlobalSwitch should be the two easiest places in Australia
> to buy IP connectivity.  I would start with Vocus, Internode and Uecomm.
>
> They all are all at Equinix, you'll be able to easily get an Ethernet
> cross connect to them, and you'll get pretty quick answers from their
> sales people.
>
> I'm surprised Optus wouldn't sell you services out of Equinix.  Perhaps
> their sales people didn't understand what you wanted or what they could
> sell (I have had this problem with them in the past and ended up giving
> up and buying from someone else).
>
> GlobalSwitch is a bit harder - because of the distances involved your
> cross-connects may need to be fibre and you'll need to organise them
> yourself or get your provider to do it ($$).  But again, pretty much
> every major provider should be able to sell you services out of there.
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net
> [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of Jean
> Sent: Thursday, 12 February 2009 12:36 AM
> To: ausnog at lists.ausnog.net
> Subject: [AusNOG] ip connectivity in sydney
>
> Hello list,
>
> We will soon open a presence in Sydney, and I am looking for ip
> connectivity in Equinix.
> unfortunately, we were not able to find any provider yet with a POP
> there (ok we only tried optus)
> The datacenters are equinix and globalswitch.
>
> Would there be any kind souls to point me to a few transit provider in
> those places? (Ethernet)
>
> I'm sorry if it's slightly off topic.
>
> Cheers,
>   
We had Optus transit at Equinix. They put a 3550 in our rack and gave us 
an ethernet handoff.