Zayo zColo Xcon Pricing

Wed Mar 7 17:41:52 UTC 2018

Those days are alive and well. And of course, it hasn't improved any.

On 03/07/2018 12:25 PM, chris wrote:
> reminds me of the days when you were forced to colo gear in the phone
> company's CO to get access to their cable plant and got gouged on power and
> the interconnection between the CO and then you had to buy your upstream
> connectivity from the ILEC a insane markup  or for ptp to your closest pop
> :) not only did you pay a fortune for the privilege but then you had to
> wait 60-90 for the ILEC to "build" the circuit
>
> On Wed, Mar 7, 2018 at 12:18 PM, James Laszko <jamesl at mythostech.com> wrote:
>
>> NRC = non-recurring fee - the setup fee.  They are charging setup fee and
>> monthly fees to run a piece of ethernet.  The xcon fee monthly is 25% of
>> the price of the ethernet service we're getting from the telco....
>>
>>
>> James
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces at nanog.org] On Behalf Of Mike Hammett
>> Sent: Wednesday, March 7, 2018 9:09 AM
>> Cc: nanog <nanog at nanog.org>
>> Subject: Re: Zayo zColo Xcon Pricing
>>
>> I'm sure he means what he says. The cost to remove the cross connect when
>> you're done with it.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----
>> Mike Hammett
>> Intelligent Computing Solutions
>>
>> Midwest Internet Exchange
>>
>> The Brothers WISP
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>>
>> From: "Mel Beckman" <mel at beckman.org>
>> To: "Romeo Czumbil" <Romeo.Czumbil at tierpoint.com>
>> Cc: "nanog" <nanog at nanog.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, March 7, 2018 10:55:32 AM
>> Subject: Re: Zayo zColo Xcon Pricing
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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:
>>> Wait till you ask for a disconnect. Then you get hit again for a hefty
>> NRC
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----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
>>>
>>> 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..)
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> James
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPad
>>
>>