Bandcon

Fri Jul 10 17:41:23 UTC 2009

Hi Paul,

As stated in my last post, I am happy to discuss the technical merits
of BandCon’s products with any individual.    However, I think most
here will concur, this is not the proper platform for such
discussions.

On a personal note, I have been an active NANOG participant for over
10 years and don’t see that changing anytime soon.

-Todd Braning

On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 9:05 AM, Paul Wall<pauldotwall at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 4:43 PM, tb<tbraning at gmail.com> wrote:
>> My name is Todd Braning, I work on the technical side of the BandCon
>> house.  I am afraid Paul's email is inaccurate.
>
> Yo Todd!
>
> It's good to hear that you've listened to feedback and made these key
> operational operational changes.  I wish you the best of luck going
> foward.  Please keep in mind that I wasn't trying to smear your
> company, but rather provide the original poster with real-word
> feedback on a particular vendor whose customers I've worked with many
> times over.  It would be great if you could stay on the list and join
> us in future discussions.
>
> Keeping things topical for the NANOG list, could you tell us a little
> more about BandCon's transport offering  as relates to backbone
> policy?  Is IP transit traffic preferenced over your PWEs, or the
> other way around, or are they both FIFO'd?  What TE, QoS policy, and
> signaling/congestion controls have you deployed to deal with multiple
> customers purchasing 10G pipes and competing for access to a single
> 10G path between metros?  Do you have a general policy on
> oversubscription ratios you'd be able to share without going into
> NDA'ed territory?
>
> Also on-topic, I know a lot of community members have voiced RECENT
> concern with the relentless tactics of your sales force, some of it
> bordering on CAN-SPAM violation and criminal harassment.  Could you
> speak a little bit to what you're doing to bring this under control?
> Would it be a problem if people mail you off-list with any specific
> problems they've encountered there?
>
> Drive Slow,
> Paul Wall
>