Zayo zColo Xcon Pricing

Wed Mar 7 17:05:42 UTC 2018

There are a couple reasons.

You order service from me.  It costs me $X to build out that service.  I 
balance that against the value of your contract.  If you cancel early 
then my numbers may not work or I may lose money on the deal, or.... if 
I had to borrow money to do your build, then my bank is going to be 
angry when the value I told them I was getting for the build doesn't 
come through.

Smaller providers may end up factoring your contract.  If that contract 
doesn't pay what they said it would they're liable for the balance of 
the factoring deal.

On 3/7/2018 10:55 AM, Mel Beckman wrote:
> NRC? Do you mean ETC (early termination charge)?
>
> This is a sore point with me in all telco contracts. They want a one- or two-year term, or even three, and in exchange give you a discount on the installation and a tiny MRC reduction. But if you cancel early, they demand full payment for all the remaining months! I realize that the contract is written this way, but why? It doesn’t seem fair at all, and as a service provider myself, I know this is actually a huge unearned windfall for the provider.
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> To make things worse, many providers subtly plant an “auto-renew” clause in their contracts. You miss canceling but the end of the contract date, and BOOM, you’re on the hook for another two years!
>
>   I’ve been burned by this more than once.
>
>   -mel
>
>> On Mar 7, 2018, at 8:41 AM, Romeo Czumbil <Romeo.Czumbil at tierpoint.com> wrote:
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>> Wait till you ask for a disconnect. Then you get hit again for a hefty NRC
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces at nanog.org] On Behalf Of James Laszko
>> Sent: Wednesday, March 7, 2018 10:11 AM
>> To: nanog <nanog at nanog.org>
>> Subject: Zayo zColo Xcon Pricing
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>> One of our colo’s in San Diego was purchased by Zayo recently and I requested a new copper Ethernet xcon to be placed.  After a few days I received a quote from my new rep quoting a MRC 3x what I’m currently paying for existing xcon’s as well as a hefty NRC as well.  Anyone have any experience with this kind of thing?  Anyone care to share what an average copper xcon, single floor, meet-me-room to cage, Ethernet from carrier circuit costs?  (This xcon is approx 30 feet..)
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>> Thanks!
>>
>> James
>>
>> Sent from my iPad

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