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Chatham, ON | Spam/Virus Hardware Launch.... PLEASE NOTE:
We'll be lighting up a new Spam/Virus box (IronPort) over the next 24-48 hours so if you see something that isn't work well, please be sure to let me know ok....
Rocky
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Chatham, ON | Re: Spam/Virus Hardware Launch.... There should now be a noticeable difference in E-mail Spam being blocked as of yesterday. We will be continuing the IronPort test for the next month and should it be successful we'll be keeping this setup permanently and having it automatically included with our Internet Services! 
Rocky
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|  dchdrakePremium
join:2005-04-29
Windsor, ON | It was strange, because between March 15 to March 20th, I had two email subscriptions that I did not receive.
The one subscription, I get one email every day. I had 5 days that I did not get that email.
The other subscription, sends email 3 times a day. It was quite until yesterday too. They both seem to be back to normal today.
Now, other email subscriptions I had were fine during that same period.
The spam filter ALMOST explains this. | |
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| | R0CKYTSI RockyPremium,VIP
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Chatham, ON | Re: Spam/Virus Hardware Launch.... Hi dchdrake,
Were you subscribed to our spam/virus guard program before the 20th Launch? If so, maybe the previous program was blocking it but if you weren't, there would be no reason to not have received it.
Rocky
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Windsor, ON | Re: Spam/Virus Hardware Launch.... No I was not.
Oh well. | |
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|  pstewartPremium,VIP
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Peterborough, ON
kudos:1 | c600 or x1000? Just curious? | |
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| | R0CKYTSI RockyPremium,VIP
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Chatham, ON | Re: Spam/Virus Hardware Launch.... said by pstewart:c600 or x1000? Just curious? nah.... we're not overdoing this time like with the Juniper equipment.... We've installed setup with the C60 which would be the 600's earlier version. We'd researched it a little and being as the C60 was designed for ISPs in mind, and the obvious savings by not buying latest/greatest, that it would be the better bang for our buck. In either case, the brightmail stuff is most of the magic and from there the C60 is in place for the brute force to handle heavier load times....
Regards,
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1 edit |  ***BELL Network Maintenance Advisories....***
I guess it's time to start this thread and as we get something we'll update it....
NETWORK MAINTENANCE
Devices: bas5-toronto63/ bas1-toronto47/ bas1-oshawa95/ bas1-malton22/ bas1-clarkson16/ bas9-toronto63/ bas5-hamilton14
Service affected: PPPoE
Window: 12:01 AM to 6:00 AM EST/EDT - 5 April 2006
Impact: 10 to 240 Minutes - customers will be out of service
Work Description: Hardware replacement
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Devices: bas4-hamilton14/ bas1-kingston08/ bas5-kitchener06
Service affected: PPPoE
Window: 12:01 AM to 6:00 AM EST/EDT - 6 April 2006
Impact: 10 to 240 Minutes - customers will be out of service
Work Description: Hardware replacement
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Devices: (705) area code
Service affected: PPPoE
Window: 2:00 AM to 6:00 AM EST/EDT - 12 March 2006
Impact: 30 to 240 Minutes - customers will be out of service
Work Description: Hardware replacement
Client Impact during Change : area code (705) DSLAM members will experience an outage for approx 30 mins
705 -- 740 741 742 743 745 748 749 750 755 760 872 875 876
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Devices: bas1-toronto01/ bas6-toronto01/ bas16-toronto063/ bas1-oshawa95/ bas1-clarkson16/ bas1-unionville55/ bas20-toronto12/ bas1-malton22
Service affected: PPPoE
Window: 12:00 AM to 6:00 AM EST/EDT - 22 March 2006
Impact: 10 to 240 Minutes - customers will be out of service
Work Description: Hardware replacement
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Devices: bas20-toronto12/ bas1-unionville55/ bas1-malton22/ bas1-toronto47/ bas1-toronto02/ bas13-toronto12/ bas1-oshawa95
Service affected: PPPoE
Window: 12:00 AM to 6:00 AM EST/EDT - 23 March 2006
Impact: 10 to 240 Minutes - customers will be out of service
Work Description: Hardware replacement
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Devices: bas1-toronto47/ bas1-oshawa95/ bas1-clarkson16/ bas1-toronto02/ bas1-unionville55/ bas16-toronto63/ bas1-malton22
Service affected: PPPoE
Window: 12:00 AM to 6:00 AM EST/EDT - 24 March 2006
Impact: 10 to 240 Minutes - customers will be out of service
Work Description: Hardware replacement
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Devices: bas1-montreal42,bas1-stlambert20,bas3-montreal45,bas6-montreal28
Service affected: PPPoE
Window: 12:00 AM to 6:00 AM EST/EDT - 15 March 2006
Impact: 10 to 240 Minutes - customers will be out of service
Work Description: Hardware replacement
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Devices: bas2-montreal19,bas6-montreal28,bas1-montreal42,bas1-stlambert20,bas1-quebec09
Service affected: PPPoE
Window: 12:00 AM to 6:00 AM EST/EDT - 16 March 2006
Impact: 10 to 240 Minutes - customers will be out of service
Work Description: Hardware replacement
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Devices: bas2-montreal19,bas1-stlambert20,bas6-montreal28,bas3-montreal45,bas1-montreal19
Service affected: PPPoE
Window: 12:00 AM to 6:00 AM EST/EDT - 17 March 2006
Impact: 10 to 240 Minutes - customers will be out of service
Work Description: Hardware replacement
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Devices: bas1-hull20
Service affected: PPPoE
Window: 12:00 AM to 6:00 AM EST/EDT - 29 March 2006
Impact: 10 to 240 Minutes - customers will be out of service
Work Description: Hardware replacement
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Devices: bas1-quebec09,bas4-sherbrooke40
Service affected: PPPoE
Window: 12:00 AM to 6:00 AM EST/EDT - 30 March 2006
Impact: 10 to 240 Minutes - customers will be out of service
Work Description: Hardware replacement
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OLDER ONES OF LATE:
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Devices: bas1-oshawa95, bas1-toronto02, bas1-toronto47, bas20-toronto12, bas1-clarkson16, bas6-toronto01
Service affected: PPPoE
Window: 12:00 AM to 6:00 AM EST/EDT - 8 March 2006
Impact: 10 to 240 Minutes - customers will be out of service
Work Description: Hardware replacement
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Devices: bas1-unionville55, bas1-malton22, bas6-toronto01, bas1-clarkson16, bas1-toronto02, bas1-toronto47, bas16-toronto63
Service affected: PPPoE
Window: 12:00 AM to 6:00 AM EST/EDT - 9 March 2006
Impact: 10 to 240 Minutes - customers will be out of service
Work Description: Hardware replacement
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Devices: bas1-unionville55, bas1-malton22, bas1-oshawa95, bas1-toronto02, bas1-toronto47, bas16-toronto63, bas3-london14, bas3-hamilton14
Service affected: PPPoE
Window: 12:00 AM to 6:00 AM EST/EDT - 9 March 2006
Impact: 10 to 240 Minutes - customers will be out of service
Work Description: Hardware replacement | |
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Chatham, ON | Re: ***BELL Network Maintenance Advisories....*** *** NEW NETWORK MAINTENANCE NOTICE AS OF MARCH 24TH ***
Devices: bas8-toronto63
Service affected: PPPoE
Window: 2:00 AM to 6:00 AM EST/EDT - 11 April 2006
Impact: 30 to 240 Minutes - customers will be out of service
Work Description: Hardware replacement
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Chatham, ON | Re: ***BELL Network Maintenance Advisories....*** ***NEW NETWORK MAINTENANCE***
Devices: bas4-hamilton14/ bas1-kingston08/ bas5-kitchener06/ bas16-toronto63/ bas7-kitchener06/ bas20-toronto12/ bas1-hull20/ bas1-ottawa10
Service affected: PPPoE
Window: 12:01 AM to 6:00 AM EST/EDT - 6 April 2006
Impact: 10 to 240 Minutes - customers will be out of service
Work Description: Hardware replacement
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Chatham, ON | Re: ***BELL Network Maintenance Advisories....*** NETWORK MAINTENANCE
Devices: BWMVONABG01
Service affected: PPPoE
Window: 2:00 AM to 6:00 AM EST/EDT - 7 April 2006
Impact: 5 to 240 Minutes - per client
Client Impact during Change : DSLAM members will experience an outage for approx 5 mins
in th 905 area -- NXX's 404 429 432 433 434 435 436 438 440 644 718
Work Description: Hardware replacement
Devices: TOROON09BBP
Service affected: PPPoE
Window: 2:00 AM to 6:00 AM EST/EDT - 7 April 2006
Impact: 5 to 240 Minutes - per client
Client Impact during Change : DSLAM members will experience an outage for approx. 10 mins
in the area 416 -- NXX's 516 530 531 532 533 534 535 536 537 538 539 582 583 588 589
Work Description: Hardware replacement
Devices: bas7-toronto12/ bas16-toronto63/ bas1-toronto63/ bas2-toronto63/ bas1-clarkson16/ bas4-toronto63/ bas1-toronto02
Service affected: PPPoE
Window: 12:01 AM to 6:00 AM EST/EDT - 7 April 2006
Impact: 10 to 240 Minutes - per customer
Work Description: Hardware replacement
Devices: QUBCPQ14BB1
Service affected: PPPoE
Window: 2:00 AM to 6:00 AM EST/EDT - 7 April 2006
Impact: 5 to 240 Minutes - per client in area 418 -- NXX's 692 694
Work Description: Hardware replacement
Devices: BWMVONABG01
Service affected: PPPoE
Window: 2:00 AM to 6:00 AM EST/EDT - 6 April 2006
Impact: 5 to 240 Minutes - per client
Client Impact during Change : DSLAM members will experience an outage for approx 5 mins
in th 613 area -- NXX's 384 389 634
Work Description: Hardware replacement
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Chatham, ON | Re: ***BELL Network Maintenance Advisories....*** NEW NETWORK MAINTENANCE
Devices: TNHLON40BBC
Service affected: PPPoE
Window: 2:00 AM to 6:00 AM EST/EDT - 13 April 2006
Impact: 10 to 240 Minutes - customers will be out of service
Work Description: Hardware replacement
DSLAM members in area code (905) with NXX's: 707 709 731 747 762 763 764 771 881 882 886 889, will experience service interuption during this maintenance.
Devices: KTNRON03BB1, KTNRON06BBG
Service affected: PPPoE
Window: 2:00 AM to 6:00 AM EST/EDT - 13 April 2006
Impact: 10 to 240 Minutes - customers will be out of service
Work Description: Hardware replacement
DSLAM members in area code (519) with NXX's: 465 496 501 502 503 504 505 568 569 570 571 575 576 577 578 579 580 581 584 585 588 593 616 635 741 742 743 744 745 749 778 783 807 897 998, will experience service interuption during this maintenance.
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Chatham, ON | Re: ***BELL Network Maintenance Advisories....*** NEW NETWORK MAINTENANCE
Devices: FRGSON21BB2
Service affected: PPPoE
Window: 2:00 AM to 6:00 AM EST/EDT - 28 April 2006
Impact: 10 to 240 Minutes - customers will be out of service: DSLAM members will experience an outage during the maintenance in this area (519) -- 407 787 843
Work Description: Upgrade
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Chatham, ON | Re: ***BELL Network Maintenance Advisories....*** NEW NETWORK MAINTENANCE
Devices: bas1-toronto63
Service affected: PPPoE
Window: 12:00 AM to 6:00 AM EST/EDT - 10 May 2006
Impact: 60 to 240 Minutes - customers will be out of service: DSLAM members will experience an outage during the maintenance
Work Description: Upgrade
Devices: bas1-montreal02
Service affected: PPPoE
Window: 12:00 AM to 6:00 AM EST/EDT - 11 May 2006
Impact: 60 to 240 Minutes - customers will be out of service: DSLAM members will experience an outage during the maintenance
Work Description: Upgrade
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Chatham, ON | Re: ***BELL Network Maintenance Advisories....*** NEW NETWORK MAINTENANCE
Devices: SNGVON39RSC
Service affected: PPPoE
Window: 2:00 AM to 6:00 AM EST - 5 May 2006
Impact: 10 to 240 Minutes - customers will be out of service: DSLAM members will experience an outage during the maintenance for approx. 10 mins in area (905) -- 495-xxxx 840-xxxx 843-xxxx 846-xxxx 970-xxxx
Work Description: Upgrade
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Chatham, ON | Re: ***BELL Network Maintenance Advisories....*** NEW NETWORK MAINTENANCE
Devices: bas2-toronto63, bas2-toronto63,bas2-toronto63, bas2-toronto63 Service affected: PPPoE
Window: 2:00 AM to 6:00 AM EST - 17 June 2006
Impact: 60 to 240 Minutes - DSLAM members will experience an outage during the maintenance Work Description: Upgrade
Devices: bas1-stlambert20, bas1-hull20
Service affected: PPPoE
Window: 2:00 AM to 6:00 AM EST - 19 June 2006
Impact: 60 to 240 Minutes - DSLAM members will experience an outage during the maintenance Work Description: Upgrade
Devices: bas6-toronto63,bas7-toronto63, bas8-toronto63,bas9-toronto63 Service affected: PPPoE
Window: 2:00 AM to 6:00 AM EST - 20 June 2006
Impact: 60 to 240 Minutes - DSLAM members will experience an outage during the maintenance Work Description: Upgrade
Devices: lns1-toronto63, lns2-toronto63,tsw1-toronto63, tsw2-toronto63, tsw3-toronto63 Service affected: PPPoE
Window: 2:00 AM to 6:00 AM EST - 21 June 2006
Impact: 60 to 240 Minutes - DSLAM members will experience an outage during the maintenance Work Description: Upgrade
Devices: bas13-toronto63, bas14-toronto63, bas15-toronto63, bas16-toronto63, bas1-toronto63, bas2-toronto63, bas3-toronto63, bas4-toronto63, bas5-toronto63, bas6-toronto63, bas7-toronto63, bas8-toronto63 Service affected: PPPoE
Window: 2:00 AM to 6:00 AM EST - 25 May 2006
Impact: 60 to 240 Minutes - DSLAM members will experience an outage during the maintenance Work Description: Upgrade
Devices: bas13-toronto63, bas14-toronto63,bas15-toronto63, bas16-toronto63 Service affected: PPPoE
Window: 2:00 AM to 6:00 AM EST - 16 June 2006
Impact: 60 to 240 Minutes - DSLAM members will experience an outage during the maintenance Work Description: Upgrade
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Chatham, ON | BASIC ON/QC DSL SERVICES FACTS/INFO/FAQ
BASIC DSL SERVICES FACTS/INFO/FAQ FOR PRETTY WELL ALL ISPs:
CAN ISPs PROVIDE DSL LITE BASIC (AS SYMPATICO DOES)?
- NO – ISPs Can only provide 256k (going up to 512k soon), 3Meg and 5Meg residential services (6Meg biz).
ARE ALL ISPs RESELLING BELL CANADA?
- NO - All ISPs dealing directly with Bell Nexxia have their own network infrastructure (ie: transit, routers, etc...)
DO ISPs HAVE TO GO THROUGH BELL IN ONTARIO/QUEBEC?
- YES - All ISPs using Bell DSLAMs must go through Bell's copper and authentication cloud in order to provide DSL
DO ISPs PAY FOR DRY COPPER?
- YES - All ISPs must pay for dry copper services (pricing is based on band rates A to G)
DOES BELL PROVIDE ISPs WITH SLA SERVICE?
- NO - Bell is only obligated to a Service Level Objective (SLO) to the ISPs (not an SLA)
HOW QUICKLY CAN WE EXPECT BELL TO RESPOND TO ISPs ON BELL TICKETS?
- 48+hrs – Bell has a 48hr SLO waiting period before ISP staff can escalate. From there a 12ish hour period can be expected before further escalations, and so on and so forth
DO ISPs PAY LESS IF PROFILES ARE LOWERED ON CONNECTIONS?
- NO - ISPs can not control the connections speeds at lesser costs (ie: if bell gives ISP 3Meg, ISP can't shape to 1Meg and charge 1/3 less... ISP pays 3Meg rate and the same, if an ISP requests a profile change lowering the speed of a client lower to stabilize a connection…. Original rates per original speed apply.)
DO ISPs REQUIRE ADDITIONAL INFO TO PROVIDE SERVICE TO NON-BELL LINES?
- YES - ISPs require accurate Circuit information on 3rd party telephone providers in order to provide DSL service over the Bell copper.
CAN CLIENTS CALL BELL AND RECEIVE DETAILS ON ISP/NEXXIA SUPPORT EFFORTS?
- NO - Clients 'can not' call Bell Nexxia as the ISP is the client of Bell Nexxia, not the client (therefore information provided to a client will not be accurate/consistent... ISP/Nexxia database isn't the same as Bell Canada/Sympatico nor is the phone number to discuss problems).
CAN SYMPATICO/BELL SOLICIT ISPs CLIENTS
- YES - Sympatico/Bell can solicit 3rd party ISP clients and is only obligated to a 90 day waiting period (Bell has an internal policy of communicating with all the households in Ontario and Quebec 4 times per year! - Might even be Canada wide).
CAN THE PRICES GET ANY LOWER FOR 3 MEG DSL SERVICES?
-DOUBT IT– Bell gets the lion’s share of a DSL account! Currently an ISP can expect to pay Bell on average between $21 and $24 per account per month for 3Meg service. This excludes bandwidth, hardware, network, HR, software, etc…., so, many accounts are required to make ends meet on $30/month accounts. Unless Bell drops the rates this will likely be as low as it gets.
HOW MANY DAYS CAN YOU EXPECT TO WAIT FOR DSL?
- 5+ DAYS – The ISP places the order into the Bell Nexxia portal and a minimum 5 ‘business’ days can be expected to wait. ISPs must wait at least 5 business days before opening ‘any’ tech support related tickets on new orders.
CAN ISPs INSTALL DSL SERVICE IN THE BELL CENTRAL OFFICES?
- NO – Only Bell authorized personnel are allowed to do so, therefore ISPs can not accelerate the install process.
PROBLEMS IN SPECIFIC AREAS – ISP OR BELL/CUSTOMER?
- BELL/CUSTOMER! – If a client has problems in a certain city but is A1 everywhere else (often seen in the forums), then at 99% of the time the problem is on the Bell or customer end. There are very few circumstances where this is not the case.
CAN AN AREA BE DOWN WITHOUT THE ISPs KNOWLEDGE?
- YES – ISP feeds for providing DSL services come in over VLAN, provided by Bell. ISP can only monitor feeds within its realm so anything prior to it is monitored by Bell only. As a result, if a Central Office, or even an entire City is down it is likely the ISP will be notified by the client before Bell.
WHY DO MOST ISPs BLOCK PORTS?
- BLACKLISTING – Nearly all major ISPs block certain ports (in particular port25) in order to lower the risk of having their main IPs black listed. A MAJOR problem for ISP is being blacklisted as it can sometimes take days before being removed…. (we’re likely to go there shortly as it’s near impossible to make spam companies happy without it…. They’re just too picky… with reason! No one likes spam.).
DO ISPs MONITOR CONTENT OR KNOWINGLY HOST ILLEGAL CONTENT?
- NO – ISP simply provide a connection service and for those who use email a temporary holding ground for emails. The only things ISPs track are IPs to identify internet access history (ie: we can tell when a specific individual was online).
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1 edit | Peering Roll-out Update: Here's where we're at now:
DIRECT PEER:
- Aurora Cable Internet
- Akamai Technologies
- Beanfield Technologies Inc.
- Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
- CiteNet Telecom Inc.
- Cogeco Cable Canada Inc.
- DALnet IRC Networks
- EI Catalyst Corp.
- Futureway Communications Inc.
- Hostopia.com Inc.
- Hydro One Telecom
- Information Gateway Services
- Internet Light and Power
- Internet Systems Consortium, Inc.
- Korax Inc.
- Look Communications Inc.
- Neutral Data Centres Corp.
- Network Connection
- Neteasy Technology Services Company
- Nexicom Inc.
- Nexusds
- Persona Inc.
- Priority Colo Inc.
- Q9 Networks Inc.
- Sentex Communications Corporation
- TrueServer BV
- VIF Internet
PEERING THROUGH TORIX ROUTE SERVER:
- E-Gate Communications Inc.
- Internet Access Worldwide
- Interlinks / Durham Telecom
- Internet Systems Consortium, Inc.
- MTO Telecom
- Primus Telecommunications CA Inc.
- Teleglobe Inc.
- The Wire Inc.
- Toronto Hydro Telecom Inc.
- ViaNet Internet Solution
- TORIX (OBVIOUSLY!  )
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EVERYTHING BELOW ISN'T PEERED YET SO IF YOU HAVE THE MEANS TO DO SO OR HAVE THE CONTACTS TO MAKE IT MOVE FORWARD, LET ME/US KNOW!
CONTACTED BUT NO RESPONSE (WRITTEN AS ACCEPTING):
- AEI Internet
- NetSurf Inc.
- Canadian Internet Registration Auth
- Convoke Communications Corp
- Execulink
- Fastvibe Corporation
- Globe and Mail
- IT Canada
- Keewaytinook Okimakanak
- Magma Communications Ltd.
- Mountain Cable
- Optical Regional Advanced Networks
- Pathway Communications
- TELoIP Inc.
- The Higher Technology (Peer's still up?)
PEER THAT ARE ACCEPTING BUT HAVE REJECTED REQUEST:
- Google, Inc.
CONDITIONAL PEERS THAT HAVE DECLINED:
- Allstream
- Net Access Corporation
- Rogers Communications Inc.
- Rogers Telecom
CONDITIONAL PEERS THAT HAVEN'T ANSWERED:
- Accelerated Connections Inc.
- BSO Communications SAS
- Data Deposit Box (Acpana Buss. Sys)
- Packet-Tel Corp.
- Shaw Communications Inc.
PEERS NOT ACCEPTING:
- Teleglobe Inc.
- Videotron Telecom Ltee | |
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|  The FlashYou don't win friends with saladPremium
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kudos:1 | Re: Peering Roll-out Update: any updates on this? | |
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1 edit | Re: Peering Roll-out Update: UPDATED AS REQUESTED:
DIRECT PEER:
- Aurora Cable Internet (ACI)
- Akamai Technologies
- Beanfield Technologies Inc.
- Bruce Telecom
- Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)
- CiteNet Telecom Inc.
- Cogeco Cable Canada Inc.
- Convoke Communications Corp
- DALnet IRC Networks
- EI Catalyst Corp.
- Fastvibe Corporation
- Futureway Communications Inc.
- Globe and Mail
- Hostopia.com Inc.
- Hydro One Telecom
- Information Gateway Services (IGS/Cybersurf/3Web)
- Init Seven AG
- Internet Light and Power
- Internet Systems Consortium, Inc.
- Korax Inc.
- Look Communications Inc.
- Neutral Data Centres Corp.
- Network Connection
- Neteasy Technology Services Company
- Nexicom Inc.
- Nexusds
- Persona Inc.
- Priority Colo Inc.
- Q9 Networks Inc.
- Sentex Communications Corporation
- The Wire Inc
- TrueServer BV
- VIF Internet
PEERING THROUGH TORIX ROUTE SERVER:
- E-Gate Communications Inc.
- Google, Inc.
- Internet Access Worldwide
- Interlinks / Durham Telecom
- Internet Systems Consortium, Inc.
- MTO Telecom
- Primus Telecommunications CA Inc.
- Teleglobe Inc.
- The Wire Inc.
- Toronto Hydro Telecom Inc.
- ViaNet Internet Solution
- TORIX
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EVERYTHING BELOW ISN'T PEERED TO DATE SO IF YOU HAVE THE MEANS TO DO SO OR HAVE THE CONTACTS TO MAKE IT MOVE FORWARD, LET ME/US KNOW!
CONTACTED BUT EITHER NO RESPONSE (WRITTEN AS ACCEPTING) OR A SIMPLE 'NO' SO FAR:
- AEI Internet
- NetSurf Inc.
- Canadian Internet Registration Auth
- Execulink
- IT Canada
- Keewaytinook Okimakanak
- Magma Communications Ltd.
- Mountain Cable
- Optical Regional Advanced Networks
- Pathway Communications
- TELoIP Inc.
CONDITIONAL PEERS THAT HAVE DECLINED:
- Allstream
- Net Access Corporation
- Rogers Communications Inc.
- Rogers Telecom
CONDITIONAL PEERS THAT HAVEN'T ANSWERED OR HAVE SAID 'NO' SO FAR:
- Accelerated Connections Inc.
- BSO Communications SAS
- Data Deposit Box (Acpana Buss. Sys)
- Packet-Tel Corp.
- Shaw Communications Inc.
PEERS NOT ACCEPTING:
- Teleglobe Inc.
- Videotron Telecom Ltee
DIRECT TRANSIT:
- PEER1 (many additional peering arrangements)
- Cogent (many additional peering arrangements)
- T-Systems (coming soon - Strong European arrangements)
PS - All those who are marked as not peering who would like to do so, please email or PM me!
Regards,
Rocky
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| | Chance of CS;S server? Any chance teksavvy could donate an old server for use as a CounterStrike:Source server? It would be a fun project for the IT guys to setup....and everyone could have fun there....
but if it's too much, don't worry about it.....
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| R0CKYTSI RockyPremium,VIP
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Chatham, ON | Re: Chance of CS;S server? said by Jonathan987:Any chance teksavvy could donate an old server for use as a CounterStrike:Source server? It would be a fun project for the IT guys to setup....and everyone could have fun there.... but if it's too much, don't worry about it..... Jonathan Hi Jonathan,
Did you call in to talk with anyone at our office? We've got a CS server (Dual Xeon Box) running right now... Call in and talk with Bill (877-779-1575) or James for details.
Rocky
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| | | | Re: Chance of CS;S server? Thanks for the update Rocky, you may want to consider putting it as a sticky in this forum and posting it under the tools section on the teksavvy.com website (so people actually know about it). I will phone in tomorrow to find out the ip.
Side note: I would consider updating your links in the tools section because everything under the "downloadable helpers" is out of date. I would link to the original url ie, »www.macromedia.com/downloads/ (although it seems adobe has changed their url but one character, those bastards...)
Last but not least: I would have a link to firefox, you have links for plugins within netscape, but firefox has taken that share of that market.....I don't know anyone in my family who still uses netscape now. | |
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| | | R0CKYTSI RockyPremium,VIP
join:2005-05-19
Chatham, ON | Re: Chance of CS;S server? Hi Jonathan,
Thanks for the information with regards to some of the tools... I'll be sure to pass them on.
We've currently avoided advertising the game server stuff as it's something we've been playing with at the moment... We'd rather get to know it inside out before jumping into it..... In any case, we're slowly letting leak out and should have a gaming site up shortly.
Rocky
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Chatham, ON
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| Google's in my HOUSE!Absolutely amazing.
When logged into TekSavvy my pings to www.google.com come in at 8 (eight) milliseconds. With pingtimes like that it feels like I have a Google datacenter in the next room. :/
Are such low pingtimes a consequence of
1) Google taking care to make themselves 'close' to me (the user) {assumed: obviously yes}
2) TekSavvy peering at/with Torix, which places me really, really close to backbone pipes?
I love TekSavvy (a big, wet kiss to y'all)!
TekSavvy DSL login:
Tracing route to www.l.google.com [72.14.207.104]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms router [192.168.0.254]
2 8 ms 7 ms 8 ms piero.pppoe.ca [65.39.134.4]
3 7 ms 7 ms 7 ms 65.39.134.1
4 7 ms 7 ms 8 ms gw-google.torontointernetxchange.net [198.32.245.6]
5 8 ms 8 ms 8 ms 66.249.94.90
6 19 ms 8 ms 17 ms 72.14.236.134
7 8 ms 8 ms 8 ms 72.14.207.104
Trace complete.
For comparative purposes, here's what I get when I DSL-login via Sympatico (pings to google are 32 ms):
Tracing route to www.l.google.com [72.14.207.99]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms router [192.168.0.254]
2 8 ms 8 ms 7 ms 64.230.197.178
3 6 ms 5 ms 5 ms 64.230.221.201
4 6 ms 6 ms 5 ms 64.230.234.241
5 6 ms 6 ms 5 ms 64.230.242.157
6 16 ms 16 ms 16 ms rtp628605rts [64.230.203.69]
7 16 ms 16 ms 16 ms bx2-chicago23-pos11-0.in.bellnexxia.net [206.108.103.138]
8 20 ms 17 ms 16 ms so-4-3-0.cr1.ord2.us.above.net [64.125.12.37]
9 16 ms 16 ms 16 ms so-0-0-0.cr2.ord2.us.above.net [64.125.29.186]
10 41 ms 41 ms 41 ms so-6-0-0.cr1.dca2.us.above.net [64.125.31.45]
11 41 ms 50 ms 41 ms so-0-0-0.cr2.dca2.us.above.net [64.125.29.122]
12 41 ms 41 ms 41 ms so-6-0-0.mpr2.iad1.us.above.net [64.125.28.130]
13 41 ms 42 ms 41 ms so-3-0-0.mpr2.iad5.us.above.net [64.125.28.14]
14 38 ms 38 ms 38 ms 216.200.151.110.available.above.net [216.200.151.110]
15 40 ms 38 ms 39 ms 216.239.46.248
16 32 ms 32 ms 32 ms 216.239.46.138
17 32 ms 31 ms 31 ms 72.14.236.215
18 32 ms 32 ms 31 ms 72.14.233.113
19 32 ms 32 ms 32 ms 66.249.94.92
20 42 ms 35 ms 35 ms 72.14.236.134
21 32 ms 33 ms 32 ms 72.14.207.99
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R0CKYTSI RockyPremium,VIP
join:2005-05-19
Chatham, ON | Now using Peer1 as Primary! Hey all,
I was just waiting until things were finished being negotiated before telling everyone.....
We've gone through much of the discussions with multiple providers and based on Peer1's performance over the years as well as their willingness to work with us for the future we're now going to go with Peer1 across the board with Cogent as a roll-over/back-up! So at some point throughout the day today all customers should be 100% over Peer1!
Regards,
Rocky
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| | | Re: Now using Peer1 as Primary! Hey Rocky, It's Rocky C from EL. Just want to say thanks for the great broadband service. Rock solid connection all the time. great job.
I recommend teksavvy to all my friends.
Later bud!! | |
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| | R0CKYTSI RockyPremium,VIP
join:2005-05-19
Chatham, ON | Re: Now using Peer1 as Primary! LOL..... People are going to think I have a split personality with this... Hehehe....
Thanks for the comments pal.
Rocky
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| | troubleshooting DSL problems Hi,
I was wondering now Teksavvy can negotiate the troubleshooting of line problems (i.e. low synch, dirty lines etc).
i.e. my dsl line is reportedly supposed to be 3 meg, but I have been reduced to 1meg synch due to line issues (it isn't my inside wiring, i checked)
who do I go to? calling bell wouldn't work (as i wouldn't be a sympatico customer) what does the ISP do to rectify these types of situations?
thanks,
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| R0CKYTSI RockyPremium,VIP
join:2005-05-19
Chatham, ON | Re: troubleshooting DSL problems Hi Michael,
Call in to the office and the guys will look at your line stats and go through the options with you. The reason I suggest going this route is, as much as it might be a pain, it might save you money as, if Bell makes their way out to your house and finds the problem to be you, they'd charge you for it.
... on the other hand, if you're absolutely sure the problem isn't you, tell the guys and they'll organise a dispatch to your place!
Regards,
Rocky
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R0CKYTSI RockyPremium,VIP
join:2005-05-19
Chatham, ON | Discussions on the Unlimited Stuff.... Here's the link:
»Unlimited DSL over Cogent!
Rocky
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|  TSI MarcPremium,VIP
join:2006-06-23
Chatham, ON
kudos:3 | Re: Discussions on the Unlimited Stuff.... Thank you for the link Danielson. 
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join:2005-05-19
Chatham, ON | Re: Discussions on the Unlimited Stuff.... Funny guy! | |
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join:2002-11-20
Corunna, ON | Does anyone actively use these? I was wondering as I wander around the site aimlessly if anyone actively uses these forums, if so I may just have to start hanging out here as well....let me know | |
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R0CKYTSI RockyPremium,VIP
join:2005-05-19
Chatham, ON | We've joined the VoIP Game!!! Hey gang,
We've now playing in the VoIP game!
In order to ensure quality we've made it so that only TekSavvy Premium (over Peer1) could have the service, but we'd give a rebate for those wanting to keep the Cogent ($8/month) login.
In any case, head to the TSI site and have fun... the rates are very competitive as you'll see!
Regards,
Rocky
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join:2001-05-06
Canada | Need your help re: traceroute Could I please get some TekSavvy users to post a traceroute to primus.ca?
I am very interested in seeing your results.
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ciaBAD
join:2006-11-21
Gatineau, QC |  New Teksavvy customer needs PROPER install instructions.
Not looking for "you just plug it in and configure it"
kind of instructions, I've had some of that already and
it really doesn't help.
I was told my modem would be preconfigured.
When I received notice of my phone number I realized
I was given the wrong area code. Then number was changed
to correct area code.
Does this mean my modem needs to be re programmed?
When BELL activates a dry DSL loop does this mean the signals will be coming on the first pair so I will not have to rewire my jack, or is it the second pair?
If it is the second pair does BELL have to provide a demark jack near my computer or do I have to use my own splitter/rewire my jack.
Does BELL have to confirm the dry DSL loop works to the jack near my equipment or only as far as the basement of my apartment building?
How do I know when the dry loop DSL service has been activated? (keep in mind I can't call anywhere for support)
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| Re: New Teksavvy customer needs PROPER install instructions. I'll try to help you out as best I can (I'm just a Teksavvy customer and ole telecom hag).
I assume that you are presently on the dry DSL-connected line and can browse the net but VoIP is not working.
I was told my modem would be preconfigured.
When I received notice of my phone number I realized
I was given the wrong area code. Then number was changed
to correct area code.
Does this mean my modem needs to be re programmed? Probably not.
When BELL activates a dry DSL loop does this mean the signals will be coming on the first pair so I will not have to rewire my jack, or is it the second pair? Should be the first pair (aka inside pair, aka red/green).
Does BELL have to confirm the dry DSL loop works to the jack near my equipment or only as far as the basement of my apartment building?
Probably just to the building's basement. The location where Bell's responsibility for correct wiring & signal ends is called the demarc(ation point).
How do I know when the dry loop DSL service has been activated? (keep in mind I can't call anywhere for support)
If you can get on the internet then the dry DSL is up and good.
One thing that you'll need to see working is a green LED on the sync indicator on the modem (or some similar indication).
What does a fast busy signal mean? Technically, that *fast* busy signal means 're-order', aka you are being instructed to re-dial the number because the call couldn't be completed for some reason (this is a general telecom feature). The possible reasons your call failed to complete are many.
Have you tried emailing teksavvy support?
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join:2006-11-21
Gatineau, QC | Re: New Teksavvy customer needs PROPER install instructions. Hey BellVictim,
thanks for the reply, I just finished talking with teksavvy.
Everything seems OK now. Part of the problem was not knowing if I needed the teksavvy download manager or whatever it is and if I needed to run the install CD that comes with the modem (I've been a high speed user since before Rogers switched to DHCP and cut their speed in half without telling anyone ... I should know by now NEVER USE THE CD). I was also sent emails from teksavvy telling me that I need to go to the web to activate VOIP service then I was given ID and passwords which were "needed to access my DSL service". Didn't know if I needed special DSL hardware from BELL. Just a lot of questions that would have been avoided by sending a list of steps to hooking up the modem and rebooting the PC etc. It really was easy after all is said and done but if you don't have any instructions at all it might never come together.
Instructions should read something like this:
for users of dry dsl loop/VOIP combo -
- wait until no dial tone from BELL
- unplug phone from wall and connect modem
- connect wires according to the diagram in CD software removing the ethernet cable from your old cable modem (in my case) and plug into the ethernet on the speedtouch modem
- run ipconfig or winipcfg to get your ethernet cards IP address and write it down
- reboot and again check your IP (release / renew works but you may not be abe to browse or email - in my case)
- note the IP address should be different and since your IP configuration in network settings is set to DHCP and the ethernet card is plugged only to the new modem then you know the new IP was assigned by the speedtouch modem
- remove all devices from all telephone jacks in the house
- ensure the phone is directly connected to the speedtouch
- turn on the speedtouch and wait a few minutes for all the diagnostics to complete
- observe the LEDs to see voice DSL internet etc. and that's an indication you should be able to use the phone and browse the internet
It is as easy as plug it in and it works but don't forget you need to reboot to get the IP from the modem and BELL must have done their part as well as Teksavvy in the first place otherwise you might end up banging your head against the wall wondering what you did wrong when all along it was BELL that didn't activate the dry DSL at the same time as the disconnect (bastards).
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| | VoIP & DRY DSL Combo... TekSavvy vs. VIF I have a dream about getting rid of Bell phone line and any business with them, so I need unlimited ADSL and VoIP phone...
Guys, could you explain me, please, why should I not go to VIF - they have the same bundle, but with better prices ($10/mo less for the bundle) and conditions (Unlimited Long Distance anywhere in Canada and the United States.). Plus, they have 100GB/mo soft caps rather than yours fixed caps. (Well, I think it's not a problem to use your unlimited adsl in this case...) And there is no setup fee too for this bundle.
The only thing I do not like about VIF is, during pick hours their connection can be really slow. Your speeds look better and more stable.
Not having caps these days is good if I need to watch online TV, for example.... My wife is at home and she can get them rolling all day long... Era of online television is coming, guys | |
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| | | said by Serop:I have a dream about getting rid of Bell phone line and any business with them, so I need unlimited ADSL and VoIP phone... I share that dream. I have about 5 months left on my contract with bell. However, I plan on going one step further and cutting their useless outdated wires from my home , so that leaves me with one choice unfortunately for a phone and internet provider, Videotron. | |
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Tracert to primus.ca |
I just switched over to the teksavvy 5mb dsl connection. I had some problems with speed but with some tweaking (and hopefully bell checking out their end) I should be okay. However my latenany is really really bad! When I first got the connection they were okay, but after tweaking and a few days later it went really bad.
I have attached a tracert to primus.ca, as you can see my first hop takes FOREVER! Any help would be appreciated! | |
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Duncansville, PA | Cn't access tweak page Moved from DSL to cable and trying to re-set my 3 laptops. First two went well but on MY top I encounter a prob. Every time I try to access the tweak link everything clears...I mean it goes to my desk top?
I did add a Linksys wirless route.
Dell Inspiron 2200...1.40GHz...248 MB RAM (Iknow I need more RAM)
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| | why is this forum hidden under "T"? Why is the teksavvy forum so well hidden? I mean it practically owns the Canadian Broadband forum. Why isn't it under "Canadian"? TY to the person pointing this forum out btw....
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ciaBAD
join:2006-11-21
Gatineau, QC | Flashing modem firmware for a st780wl
My SIP entries are not registering.
I modified the name to display field in one of my SIP entries and pressed apply (while on the phone) and it cut me off and the web interface window blanked out and hung.
Ever since my voice services have not registered. Tried reset every which way but loose - nogo - seems to clear out my DSL settings and Telephony configure settings but leaves the Telephony expert configure data intact. Teksavvy tech recreated my account completely on his end and I tried again with the hard reset and making new config for Telephony and the VOIP still doesn't register.
CLI documentation states:
Reboot the modem to initiate the SW upgrade.
New software available on a remote LAN host will be uploaded to the modem.
What if it's not new? What if I just want to reflash to clear a SIP problem?
I've already got the firmware file 5.4.0.B_SIP but can't see how to use it unless it resides on an FTP server somewhere. Then I think the upgrade commands might apply.
I've been without my phone for almost 2 days now!! HELP. | |
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| R0CKYTSI RockyPremium,VIP
join:2005-05-19
Chatham, ON | Re: Flashing modem firmware for a st780wl I've forwarded your case on internally to see if we can come up with a solution for you.
Rocky
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| ciaBAD
join:2006-11-21
Gatineau, QC | Cool, thanks Rocky. | |
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