[AusNOG] Darwin Connectivity

Fri Mar 19 11:28:36 EST 2010

I believe Telstra are the only ones with actual fibre into Darwin.  Amcom is
presumably buying an underlying Telstra service of some sort.

Darwin was on the $250M blackspot program :

http://www.dbcde.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0019/123580/RBBP-Darwin-Emerald-Longreach.pdf

Brent

On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 10:22 AM, Darren Moss <Darren.Moss at em3.com.au>wrote:

>  Hi Curtis,
>
> Amcom has a circuit from Perth to Darwin.
>
> I wouldn't put any money on Optus having anything there... we tried that
> path years ago and it was all talk before hitting a dead end.
>
> If you need a reliable service that has the bandwidth and is going to get
> the job done with minimal hassle, I would just suck it up and head to
> Telstra.
> Whilst they are incredibly expensive, you will save your time and sanity.
>
> Make sure you have a failover solution, because in Darwin you will need it.
>
> Cheers.
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
> *Darren Moss
> *General Manager
> Australia and New Zealand
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>  ------------------------------
> *From:* Curtis Bayne [mailto:curtis at bayne.com.au]
> *Sent:* 2010-03-19 11:15 am
> *To:* Darren Moss; Skeeve Stevens; Ben Cornish; ausnog at ausnog.net
> *Subject:* RE: [AusNOG] Darwin Connectivity
>
>  Darren,
>
> Other than Telstra, does anyone else have backhaul up top? A multi-hop
> microwave circuit perhaps?
>
> An Optus tech (who used to work in carriage) mentioned to me once that
> Optus have a fibre circuit between Brisbane and Perth for redundancy, but
> was unable to indicate whether there was a spur to Darwin.
>
> Regards,
> Curtis
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Darren Moss [mailto:Darren.Moss at em3.com.au <Darren.Moss at em3.com.au>]
> Sent: Fri 3/19/2010 10:12 AM
> To: Skeeve Stevens; Curtis Bayne; Ben Cornish; ausnog at ausnog.net
> Subject: RE: [AusNOG] Darwin Connectivity
>
> You really need to go there and look at the infrastructure first. It's
> not like other locations around the country.
>
> Telstra is pretty much it. And they are really the only party
> maintaining anything.
>
> Backhaul is via Adelaide.
>
> It is reasonably responsive, we run VoIP and video conferencing over our
> services back to Melb and Sydney with no issues.... apart from the odd
> outage due to weather/power/water.
>
> Cheers.
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
> Darren Moss
> General Manager
> Australia and New Zealand
> [p] 1300 131 083 [f] 03 9017 2287
> [e] Darren.Moss at em3.com.au [w] www.em3.com.au <http://www.em3.com.au/>
>
>
> em3 People and Technology | Managed Technology Experts
> postal: PO Box 2333, Moorabbin VIC 3189
>
> New Zealand Airedale Street, Auckland City
> postal: PO Box 39573, Howick 2045
> [p] 09 887 0550 [f] 09 887 0273
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net
> [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net <ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net>]
> On Behalf Of Skeeve Stevens
> Sent: 2010-03-19 11:09 am
> To: Curtis Bayne; Ben Cornish; ausnog at ausnog.net
> Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Darwin Connectivity
>
>
>
> So this exchange list I have from 2006 for XYZed
>
>
>
> 2
>
> ALICE SPRINGS
>
> ALSS
>
> 4
>
> PARSONS
>
> ST
>
> ALICE SPRINGS
>
> ALICE SPRINGS
>
> NT
>
> 3
>
> Regional 4
>
> 55
>
> DARWIN
>
> DRWN
>
> 99
>
> SMITH
>
> ST
>
> DARWIN
>
> DARWIN
>
> NT
>
> 2
>
> Regional 4
>
>
>
> Did they pull those DLAM's out then?
>
>
>
> Anyone got a current exchange list for XYZed?
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> --
>
> Skeeve Stevens, CEO/Technical Director
>
> eintellego Pty Ltd - The Networking Specialists
>
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>
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>
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> --
>
> NOC, NOC, who's there?
>
>
>
> From: ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net
> [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net <ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net>]
> On Behalf Of Curtis Bayne
> Sent: Friday, 19 March 2010 10:52 AM
> To: Skeeve Stevens; Ben Cornish; ausnog at ausnog.net
> Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Darwin Connectivity
>
>
>
> If you're interested in terminating in Brisbane you can get (with some
> kicking and screaming) a Telstra ATM/Frame Relay service between Darwin
> and Brisbane that goes via their old trunk circuits in Townsville.
> Townsville used to be a major switching centre/agg point for Telstra
> traffic in the north.
>
> RTT to Brisbane is less than 50ms in some cases and I'm sure they'd have
> 4Mbps of spare capacity.
>
> As far as I am aware, Optus do not have DSLAMs in Alice Springs or
> Darwin: there is no competitive infrastructure there.
>
> Regards,
> Curtis
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net on behalf of Skeeve Stevens
> Sent: Fri 3/19/2010 9:42 AM
> To: Ben Cornish; ausnog at ausnog.net
> Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Darwin Connectivity
>
> Doesn't Optus have DSLAM's in Darwin? They have one in Alice Springs.
>
> Telstra has 4/4 in Darwin... you can get a handoff from NN.
>
> I thought you guys were an Optus partner?
>
> ...Skeeve
>
> --
> Skeeve Stevens, CEO/Technical Director
> eintellego Pty Ltd - The Networking Specialists
> skeeve at eintellego.net / www.eintellego.net
> Phone: 1300 753 383, Fax: (+612) 8572 9954
> Cell +61 (0)414 753 383 / skype://skeeve
> www.linkedin.com/in/skeeve ; facebook.com/eintellego
> --
> NOC, NOC, who's there?
>
> From: ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net
> [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net <ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net>]
> On Behalf Of Ben Cornish
> Sent: Friday, 19 March 2010 10:05 AM
> To: ausnog at ausnog.net
> Subject: [AusNOG] Darwin Connectivity
>
> HI All,
>
> Does anyone have any recommendations for 4Mb/sec symmetrical reliable
> Services in the Darwin area aggregated back to Either SA/BNE/SYD/MEL at
> a reasonable price ?
>
> Thanks
>
> Ben Cornish
> National Network Manager
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