[AusNOG] PIPE NSW Changing Details

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On 1 October 2014 13:21, Spiro Bombos <sbombos at itcentre.com.au> wrote:

>
> When has the list become someone's personal list for selling services
>
> On 1 Oct 2014, at 12:13 pm, Bevan Slattery <bevan at slattery.net.au> wrote:
>
> To make life easy as of today we are doing a 1Gbps IX only port for
> $250/month no contract, no membership, no install.  Also will have a number
> of major content providers coming on net in next 30 days which would mean
> there won't be much that's not on either.
>
> Agree that it's time to switch :)
>
> Cheers
>
> [b]
>
> On 1 Oct 2014, at 11:42 am, Craig Askings <craig at askings.com.au> wrote:
>
> Does PIPE-IX even offer a worthwhile product anymore? Since an IX’s value
> is in it’s peers and it’s ability to connect them. Who is left on PIPE IX
> that isn’t available on Megaport and IX-AU? How many clients are going to
> be exiting over the next 24 months as their contracts expire?
>
>
> On 1 Oct 2014, at 11:29 am, Bob Woolley <boblobsta at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> PIPE has absolutely gone to crap.
> Just shy of 4 weeks since our issue on QLD-IX and they are still trying to
> figure out how to make the TPG router on QLD-IX perform basic ARP functions
> (I only mention this as this job is being directly managed by PIPE).
> I don't know about you guys but if we had an ARP issue on a router for
> more than a few minutes I would be highly embarrassed.
>
> IX-AU A++
> Megaport A++
>
> Cheers,
> Bob W
>
> On 1 October 2014 11:18, Sam Silvester <sam.silvester at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> +1 to what John said.
>>
>> This kind of thing leads to my personal view that that PIPE IX isn't
>> really a thing any longer, what with other IXes actually offering customer
>> service that allows you to get on with the job.
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 10:09 AM, John Lindsay <johnslindsay at mac.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Which means your work-around is more likely to cause their fabric to
>>> break later when your old box is recycled by someone else. Change control
>>> policy as substitute for customer service is actually just crap customer
>>> service.
>>>
>>> John Lindsay
>>>
>>> > On 1 Oct 2014, at 10:21 am, Brad Gould <bradley at internode.com.au>
>>> wrote:
>>> >
>>> > My understanding is that this is all about their change control policy.
>>> >
>>> > Change the MAC on your router and book a window to change it back to
>>> the native MAC when Pipe can get their process sorted.
>>> >
>>> > Brad
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > -----Original Message-----
>>> > From: AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of
>>> Chris Chaundy
>>> > Sent: Wednesday, 1 October 2014 09:36
>>> > To: Joseph Goldman
>>> > Cc: AusNOG at lists.ausnog.net
>>> > Subject: Re: [AusNOG] PIPE NSW Changing Details
>>> >
>>> > Dependent on your make of router, it may just be easier to change the
>>> MAC address for the interface on the new router to match the old router's
>>> one.
>>> >
>>> > Sent from my iPhone
>>> >
>>> >> On 1 Oct 2014, at 9:15, Joseph Goldman <joe at apcs.com.au> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> Hi list,
>>> >>
>>> >> I am just wondering if this is normal - trying to change MAC address
>>> for router port after urgent change-over for our PIPE peering connection in
>>> NSW, request was sent through to the MACD team but they are telling me the
>>> request needs to be approved by their management and ETA is 3-5 business
>>> days??
>>> >>
>>> >> I'm not a massive user of PIPE IX but I have now been without it for
>>> 24 hours and its looking like it could be another 48-72 hours before
>>> getting it back! For someone who might get a LOT of their traffic via PIPE
>>> IX this would be a pretty bad amount of downtime, as other transit links
>>> would have to pick up the slack.
>>> >>
>>> >> If any PIPE engineers on list willing to help the request move a
>>> little quicker I'd appreciate it.
>>> >>
>>> >> Thanks,
>>> >> Joe
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