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I'm on board with this. I think the more we can do to help the smaller members afford to connect, the better. s *Shaun Carlson*Director of Information Technology | Arvig ph: (218) 346-8673 | em: [log in to unmask] On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 11:56 AM, [log in to unmask] < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Cologix's suite 100 in the 511 Building. > > In this respect Jeremy's plan is similar to the CNS and Mankato Networks > remote switches, which are both within a few dozen feet of the main switch > stack. I can certainly picture that potential members who were quite small > would need to carefully weigh the cost of a dedicated main switch cross > connect, especially in the beginning when the value-add is unknown. > > If I put my "guy counting the traffic" hat on I'd like to be able to > enumerate the individual member's links, but understand that if their > switch port is used for multiple things breaking out MICE traffic will be > problematic so we'd need to just count the aggregate uplink in/out > traffic. That's what we do with the Mankato Networks remote switch today. > > With my MICE tech hat on we've said that if a participant was causing > trouble behind a remote switch we didn't have access to we'd cut off the > remote switch's uplink if we were unable to get ahold of the remote switch > operator. That's the situation with the Neutral Path and CNS remote > switches today (not that we've ever had trouble with them.) > > So my $0.02 would be that as we've grown we've struggled with how to keep > costs reasonable for smaller members, and that this provides them with one > more option to participate - so it's all good. > > Cheers, > anthony > > Anthony Anderberg > Sr. Systems Analyst > 320-234-5239 > [log in to unmask] > www.nutelecom.net > > -----Original Message----- > From: MICE Discuss [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of > Andrew Hoyos > Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2016 10:54 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [MICE-DISCUSS] MN VoIP Remote Switch Request > > > On Nov 22, 2016, at 10:44 AM, Richard Laager <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > > The switch would be operated by MN VoIP. It would be located in > > Cologix's suite 100 in the 511 Building. > > Given this switch would be located in 511, would more new members be > enabled to more easily connect by having this remote switch in place, > beyond just MN VoIP? If so, how many? Or is there some additional > transport/regional areas you are opening up for access to MICE by having > this in place? > > Otherwise, I’m struggling to see much value in having yet another switch > at 511. > > -- > Andrew Hoyos > [log in to unmask] >