[AusNOG] MBB Wholesale Service provider

Thu Jul 30 15:49:43 EST 2020

On Thu, 30 Jul 2020, 3:49 pm Benjamin Ricardo, <ben.ricardo at acs.com.au>
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> Should also add
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> “Over The Wire” overthewire.com.au to this list.. thanks for your help
> Chris.
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> *From:* Paul Wallace | Polyfone Telecom Pty Ltd <pwallace at polyfone.com.au>
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> *Sent:* Thursday, 30 July 2020 11:53 AM
> *To:* Darren Moss <Darren.Moss at cloud365.com.au>; Benjamin Ricardo <
> ben.ricardo at acs.com.au>; Jared Hirst <jared.hirst at serversaustralia.com.au>;
> Bevan Slattery <bevan at slattery.net.au>; David Hughes <david at hughes.com.au>
> *Cc:* AusNOG Mailing List <ausnog at ausnog.net>
> *Subject:* Re: [AusNOG] MBB Wholesale Service provider
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> G’day Darren
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> Polyfone?
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> *From:* AusNOG <ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net> on behalf of Darren Moss
> <Darren.Moss at cloud365.com.au>
> *Sent:* Thursday, July 30, 2020 9:08:58 AM
> *To:* Benjamin Ricardo <ben.ricardo at acs.com.au>; Jared Hirst <
> jared.hirst at serversaustralia.com.au>; Bevan Slattery <
> bevan at slattery.net.au>; David Hughes <david at hughes.com.au>
> *Cc:* AusNOG Mailing List <ausnog at ausnog.net>
> *Subject:* Re: [AusNOG] MBB Wholesale Service provider
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> Hi Ben,
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> Something else to keep in mind is that in some DC locations Telstra is the
> only mobile service that works reliably.
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> We have deployments in Sydney DCs where both Optus and Vodafone just
> didn’t work.
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> +1 for Mikrotik. They can be a hassle to get working properly but once
> running they are reliable.
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> D.
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> *From:* AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net
> <ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net>] *On Behalf Of *Benjamin Ricardo
> *Sent:* Wednesday, 29 July 2020 10:52 PM
> *To:* Jared Hirst; Bevan Slattery; David Hughes
> *Cc:* AusNOG Mailing List
> *Subject:* Re: [AusNOG] MBB Wholesale Service provider
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> Thanks for the input David, Bevan & Jared, also to the many others that
> responded privately.
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> 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.
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> I would prefer the public address delivered direct to the endpoint though
> (less moving parts… got to hate VPN lockups).
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> Far out Bevan $80k in OOB connections! We’re a touch shy of that.. eh
> hem..
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> Had I known how popular a topic this was I would not have worried about
> creating noise on the list!
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> For the many others interested; potential providers referred to me as a
> result of this request (listed FIFO) -
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> 2SG (2sg.com.au)
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> Exetel
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> Field Solutions Group     <– have not checked this out yet though.
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> URL networks
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> Virtutel
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> ZettaNet (part of ZettaGrid)
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> Connected Australia
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> Tim Sandy provided a table from his research (thanks mate)
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> MVNE
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> Notes
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> Vanilla Telecom
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> No layer 2 - Static IP on Vodafone network
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> iBoss Symbio
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> No layer 2 - Resell Telstra data/minutes only
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> Vertel
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> No layer 2
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> 2SG
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> Layer 2/VPDN solution offered
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> If I missed anyone, I am very sorry.
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> 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.
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> Cheers,
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> Ben
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> *From:* Jared Hirst <jared.hirst at serversaustralia.com.au>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, 29 July 2020 7:53 PM
> *To:* Bevan Slattery <bevan at slattery.net.au>; David Hughes <
> david at hughes.com.au>; Benjamin Ricardo <ben.ricardo at acs.com.au>
> *Cc:* AusNOG Mailing List <ausnog at ausnog.net>
> *Subject:* Re: [AusNOG] MBB Wholesale Service provider
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> We use standard dynamic sims from Telstra and Vodafone.
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> They plug into OpenGear devices and connect back to lighthouse software by
> OpenGear, so rather than us accessing them, they create a connection and
> call home to the lighthouse server that’s also not on our network via VPN,
> so it works on pretty much every carrier.
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> Each OOB site costs around $3 a month and doesn’t need a static IP.
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> Highly recommend it, it has been solid for us!
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> On 29 July 2020, 7:07 pm AEST bevan at slattery.net.au wrote:
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> 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.  Static IP etc.
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> B
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> *From:* AusNOG <ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net> on behalf of David
> Hughes <david at hughes.com.au>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, July 29, 2020 4:43 pm
> *To:* Benjamin Ricardo
> *Cc:* AusNOG Mailing List
> *Subject:* Re: [AusNOG] MBB Wholesale Service provider
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> Hey
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> I've moved an LTE service we use for OOB over to ZettaNet from the
> previous provider who shall not be named :)   It was retail naturally but
> they may be able to offer you something compelling.
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> David
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> On 29 Jul 2020, at 2:12 pm, Benjamin Ricardo <ben.ricardo at acs.com.au>
> wrote:
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> Hi All,
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> Just wondering if anyone knows of a service provider (hopefully a
> wholesaler) that can provide us 3G,4G,LTE services with a *static IPv4
> address*?
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> We’ve got a bunch we need to switch over ASAP as our previous wholesaler
> has decided that they’re not doing this anymore…. cause they don’t want to…
> **sigh**
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> Replies off list please,
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> Many thanks
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> Ben
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