On 1/12/2008, at 9:56 PM, Skeeve Stevens wrote:
Hey all,
Here in Australia getting a handoff from a wholesale ISP who will deliver DSL tails as L2TP is an easy thing. Taking them as L2TP allows you to do lots of cool things like put the services in MPLS VRF’s and so on.
I need to know if this is possible in NZ. What I am looking for is a provider that can deliver national coverage, and can provide a handoff back in Auckland. We’re only talking a small number of tails... i.e. <100 initially as this is for a private corporate network. The handoff would be in the SkyTower then at which point I will get an international VLAN back to Sydney to plug them into the corporate network over here. There may or may not be the requirement for some transit in NZ... I haven’t decided exactly how I am doing some parts of the solution yet... but for now we can assume that there will be none – but we may do peering.
I am sure there are many hosted/managed options, but I’d prefer to take handoff of the services into my own router... Cisco 2821/3845 or something and then take care of everything ourselves.
Any thoughts please let me know.
Yep, talk to Telecom, they do this to provide ADSL service to most NZ ISPs. Few NZ ISPs have their own DSLAMs. -- Nathan Ward