[IDD #WHK-499440]: Tier 1/2 provider inquiry/offer

Hi Blair, 

Yes, we always enjoy partners with large bandwidth :)

I do not know of your schedule, but it would be great to have a phone 
conversation
and discuss things.

I am more or less "wide open" tomorrow, but will be taking Friday and Monday 
off to 
kick off the summer with the kids.

The direct line to my office is:

303-497-8676 


The best time for me would would be 10:00 MDT (16:00Z)

I hope this works for you and I look forward to our conversation, feel free to 
toss out
another time or just give me a ring...as mentioned, should be in for most of 
the day.


Cheers, 

Jeff


> Jeff:
> 
> If you had 20-25 minutes this week you could spare via phone, I think I
> could explain our position better.  My feeling is that the tier 1 and 2
> providers wouldn't mind having someone with several 1Gbps servers there to
> back them up, have as a secondary, and help shoulder the heavier bandwidth
> feeds, such as NEXRAD2.
> 
> 
> address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> > I've just opened another ticket I think on this same topic, so forgive me
> > there.  I forgot I had opened this one ...somehow.
> >
> > We aren't feeding any universities directly, but we do provide backups for
> > a few.  We'd be happy to provide bandwidth for as much capacity as we can
> > take, though, be it academia, government, or other people such as ourselves.
> >
> > We're not having issues, we just have access to a lot of bandwidth and a
> > goodwill streak and a wish to share.
> >
> >
> > address@hidden> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Blair,
> >>
> >> We appreciate the bandwidth and I am certain the community does as well :)
> >>
> >> > We've been serving the LDM/UNIDATA community for about 5 years now with
> >> > free bandwidth for a lot of people, and I was hoping we could get
> >> primary
> >> > feeds from some UCAR/UNIDATA servers for these trees:
> >> >
> >> > IDS|DDPLUS
> >> > CONDUIT
> >> >
> >> > ...and possibly NEXRAD2.
> >>
> >> It appears as if you are already getting:
> >>
> >> IDS|DDPLUS
> >> CONDUIT
> >> and
> >> NEXRAD2
> >>
> >> via our top tier site Texas A & M.
> >>
> >> Are you experiencing difficulties with these feeds?
> >>
> >>
> >> > We're interested in these servers in particular:
> >> > tampa-fl-1.ldm.updraft.us [206.51.238.220]
> >> > albany-ny-1.ldm.updraft.us [173.233.71.110]
> >> > chicago-il-1.ldm.updraft.us [166.78.240.196]
> >> >
> >> > You can check the history, but Tampa has been around since mid-2008.
> >>  All
> >> > three are symmetric 100Mbps servers with open feed/peering for any and
> >> all
> >> > academic/government/nonprofit entities.
> >> >
> >> > We're also planning to add/donate at least one 1Gbps server in the next
> >> > quarter, which may be of some use in getting out the higher bandwidth
> >> feeds
> >> > like NEXRAD2...and we'd gladly volunteer our bandwidth to aid in
> >> > distribution.
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > Blair Trosper
> >> > Weather Data / Updraft Networks
> >> > address@hidden <address@hidden>
> >> > NOC:  512-666-0536
> >> >
> >>
> >> Let us know if you are not getting what you need from A & M and we can
> >> help sort that out, they have great connectivity
> >> and get the full boat of data, so you should be able to get full data
> >> satisfaction. ;)
> >>
> >> Curious...are you currently feeding any .edu's from any of your machines?
> >>
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >>
> >> Jeff
> >>
> >> Jeff Weber
> >> Unidata User Support
> >> http://www.unidata.ucar.edu
> >>
> >> Ticket Details
> >> ===================
> >> Ticket ID: OBI-925465
> >> Department: Support IDD
> >> Priority: Normal
> >> Status: Open
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> > --
> > Blair Trosper
> > Weather Data / Updraft Networks
> > address@hidden <address@hidden>
> > NOC:  512-666-0536
> >
> 
> 
> 
> --
> Blair Trosper
> Weather Data / Updraft Networks
> address@hidden <address@hidden>
> NOC:  512-666-0536
> 
> 

Jeff Weber
Unidata User Support
http://www.unidata.ucar.edu

Ticket Details
===================
Ticket ID: WHK-499440
Department: Support IDD
Priority: Normal
Status: Open