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<DT>William Allen Simpson wrote:<BR>
> existing lines turned on anyway). They refuse to let us co-locate
in<BR>
> the CO (they cannot find an official policy, and thus cannot allow
it).<BR>
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<DT>Colocating in a CO is kinda difficult with good reason. They
have to engineer</DT>
<DT>power for you (and internet equipment draws a lot more power than they're</DT>
<DT>used to) and the whole issue of access is difficult. Given
that you're not</DT>
<DT>internal or on their approved list, you'd probably have to be supervised</DT>
<DT>while in the CO. Even the interexchange carriers tend to </DT>
<DT>maintain a minimal amount of equipment in the CO and typically have
an</DT>
<DT>adjacent building for their stuff.</DT>
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<DT>There is just a whole lot of open card racks, large bundles of cable,
and other </DT>
<DT>stuff that you wouldn't want anyone wandering around near.</DT>
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<DT>I know 2 people (at small companies) that have succeeded in getting
fiber </DT>
<DT>run out to their location and the lines broken off there It was
about half</DT>
<DT>a racks worth of telco equipment (locked) in their facility.
It really facilitated </DT>
<DT>local loop installation. You might want to pursue this.</DT>
<DT> </DT>
<DT>allan</DT>
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