[AusNOG] MegaPort Is Live with a free trial. Thoughts?

[Andrew Jones]

Is the MTU listed on http://www.megaport.co/services/megaport-vpc.html 
a typo? Looks like the leading "4" maybe a mistake...



On 05.07.2013 18:20, Peter Betyounan wrote:
> Oh now we are talking :) 
>
> Regards
> Peter Betyounan 
> www.serversaustralia.com.au [11]
>
> On 05/07/2013, at 5:54 PM, Joel Nath <joel at zonenetworks.com.au> 
> wrote:
>
>> Currently local state only but from what I have been told inter 
>> state vlan is in the works but B can provide more info :)
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On 05/07/2013, at 5:11 PM, Peter Betyounan 
>> <peter at serversaustralia.com.au> wrote:
>>
>>> So VLAN's are limited to the local state only ? 
>>>
>>> Regards, 
>>> Peter Betyounan
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jul 5, 2013 at 4:45 PM, Bevan Slattery 
>>> <bevan at slattery.net.au> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hey Skeeve,
>>>>
>>>> There will be a refresh of the website www.megaport.com [1] by COB 
>>>> Monday.  But there seems a little bit of confusion/inconsistency so 
>>>> to clarify:
>>>>
>>>> * We have installed MLX-16s in each city with only 10G/100G 
>>>> interfaces
>>>> * Costs per 10G-IX are less than anywhere else
>>>> * Major content guys will not only be presenting in Sydney, but 
>>>> also Brisbane and Melbourne
>>>> * Fairly significant rollout happening to other DC's in Brisbane 
>>>> and Melbourne over next 120 days
>>>>
>>>> Trial Participants
>>>>
>>>> * 6 months free Megaport-IX
>>>> * Megaport will cover monthly cross connect fee for the trail 
>>>> period
>>>> * 10G port minimum
>>>> * After trail period, you can cancel service at no additional cost
>>>> * Only available until July 31 for existing DC's on net (and will 
>>>> be available to other DC's for 30 days as they get "lit")
>>>>
>>>> Clarification only and please respond off-list to comply with 
>>>> charter.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers
>>>>
>>>> [b]
>>>>
>>>> From: Skeeve Stevens <skeeve+ausnog at eintellegonetworks.com>
>>>> Date: Friday, 5 July 2013 3:22 PM
>>>> To: Shaun McGuane <shaun at rackcentral.com.au>
>>>> Cc: "ausnog at lists.ausnog.net" <ausnog at lists.ausnog.net>
>>>> Subject: Re: [AusNOG] MegaPort Is Live with a free trial. 
>>>> Thoughts?
>>>>
>>>> They certainly look very interesting.
>>>>
>>>> I've read the website... I need to understand how it works a bit 
>>>> more though with the v products... 
>>>>
>>>> The pricing looks good.. and it would be the only Peering offering 
>>>> 100Gb interfaces.... 
>>>>
>>>> I certainly will be investigating more... It would be nice if they 
>>>> had a public list of peers and sent updates... Once some of the big 
>>>> content providers are on board, I am sure that will motivate some 
>>>> people... but the interesting features also will be a motivator.
>>>>
>>>> ...Skeeve
>>>>
>>>> SKEEVE STEVENS - eintellego Networks Pty Ltd
>>>>
>>>> skeeve at eintellegonetworks.com ; www.eintellegonetworks.com [4]
>>>>
>>>> Phone: 1300 239 038 [5]; Cell +61 (0)414 753 383 [6] 
>>>> ; skype://skeeve
>>>>
>>>> facebook.com/eintellegonetworks [7] ;  [8]linkedin.com/in/skeeve 
>>>> [9] 
>>>>
>>>> twitter.com/networkceoau [8] ; blog: www.network-ceo.net [10]
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Jul 5, 2013 at 2:00 PM, Shaun McGuane 
>>>> <shaun at rackcentral.com.au> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Guys,
>>>>>
>>>>>  
>>>>>
>>>>> I just thought I would get an e-mail out there as I met with Rob 
>>>>> Sattler yesterday within regards to MegaPort. I can confirm this is 
>>>>> now live and ready to take orders.
>>>>>
>>>>> For everyone who does not know what Megaport is – all the 
>>>>> information is on their site http://www.megaport.com [1]
>>>>>
>>>>>  
>>>>>
>>>>> A few things we discussed that maybe of interest to you all.
>>>>>
>>>>>  
>>>>>
>>>>> ·         QnQ is supported on the Megaport Service
>>>>>
>>>>> ·         Intercap VLAN will be protected Day 1 with the option 
>>>>> of taking on an additional carrier for extra redundancy
>>>>>
>>>>> ·         Provisioning time from what I have been discussing is 
>>>>> only as long as it takes to get the cross connect installed
>>>>>
>>>>>  
>>>>>
>>>>> They do offer a free trial for 6 months which is a great way to 
>>>>> get on board and my conversations yesterday
>>>>>
>>>>>  
>>>>>
>>>>> Anyway that’s my 2 cents and thought I would share it with you 
>>>>> all J
>>>>>
>>>>>  
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards
>>>>>
>>>>> Shaun
>>>>>
>>>>>  
>>>>>
>>>>> Shaun McGuane | CEO
>>>>>
>>>>>  1300 722 532
>>>>>  0400 177 077
>>>>>  shaun at rackcentral.com.au
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>>>>>  Level 3/480 Collins St Melbourne, VIC 3000
>>>>>
>>>>>  
>>>>>
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