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Re: [802SEC] Network Update and Incident Reports



Mike,  Hey, that's great but we need to know who's doing it NOW ???  Got any pointers for us ???

Thanx,  Buzz
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-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Takefman [mailto:tak@CISCO.COM]
Sent: Friday, July 30, 2004 8:27 AM
To: STDS-802-SEC@listserv.ieee.org
Subject: Re: [802SEC] Network Update and Incident Reports


John,

don't forget that we could do RPR wireless as well :-)

mike

John Hawkins wrote:
> Paul,
>
> Thanks for the update. Indeed this is a situation we need to look into
> carefully as it impacts substantially all our attendees.
>
> I do agree that having the same vendor be responsible for the
> "end-to-end" service would help cut down on the finger pointing (and
> from the reports you forwarded, it appears there's still a fair amount
> of that going on).
>
> My only concern (as your rising Treasurer) is for what the resultant
> cost might be. I suspect they underestimated our need for bandwidth and
> hence under-quoted the service last time (the old
> you-get-what-you-pay-for phenomenon). So keep me in the loop on that.
> We've taken on some significant expenditures beyond meeting coordination
> (web-based education, P&P contracts etc) and sooner or later that nice
> reserve will be impacted beyond what is prudent.
>
> It strikes me as ironic that this sort of thing is exactly what IEEE
> LAN/MAN technologies are trying to address: end-to-end QoS. Now if we
> could just find a vendor willing to run an 802.17 ring among our sites,
> and a couple of redundant ISP POPs, all of this would be solved.  :-)
>
> j
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Nikolich [mailto:paul.nikolich@ATT.NET]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 6:11 PM
> To: STDS-802-SEC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG
> Subject: [802SEC] Network Update and Incident Reports
>
>
> Dear EC members,
>
> Attached you will find the summary report from IDEAL on the network from
> the July plenary session.  Also included is the incident report which
> details why the Internet connectivity throughput was below acceptable
> levels on Monday and Tuesday.  (Bob O'Hara please include these in the
> closing EC minutes under the Network Status Update agenda item towards
> the end of the
>
> agenda.)
>
> While reviewing these reports remember, IDEAL was not responsible for
> the Internet Service Provider's throughput, the ISP vendor was.  The ISP
> for the July meeting was Winfield Wireless.  Winfield Wireless
> acknowledged and described the problems they were had in providing
> adequate throughput at the closing EC meeting.  I am requesting a formal
> report from them similar to the ones attached.  802 did receive a rebate
> on the ISP service charges as a result of the problem, but this is small
> consolation for the poor performance.  We simply need guaranteed good
> performance to get our work done.
>
> Buzz and I are working to make sure we do not have repeat of these types
> of problems in November.  Part of reason we have had network service
> level problems and the time it takes to resolve them result from the
> fact the 'in house' network service provider (IDEAL) and the ISP are two
> different organizations.  To eliminate these types of issues in the
> future I believe we should have a single network service Vendor--not
> two.  To that end Buzz and I have asked IDEAL to prepare a service
> contract and quote on providing the ISP service as well as the in house
> network service.  This will include a precise definition of service
> levels.  We will share that information with you as soon as that is
> available.
>
> I apologize for the poor network service in July--it is ultimately my
> responsibility.  I will do all I can to ensure it does not happen again.
>
> Regards,
>
> --Paul Nikolich
>
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