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At least a couple of the Dyn datacenters had dialup for out-of-band access back in 2013, think its all Ethernet now.
by nixgeek 10y ago
At least a couple of the Dyn datacenters had dialup for out-of-band access back in 2013, think its all Ethernet now.
- p_l 10y agoDial up lines are still available in some datacenters, had some both for services and for OOB access as recent as 2015 (San Jose)
- setq 10y agoLots of companies still have inbound dialin access for EDI stuff still running on POS systems from the 1990s. It's scary really.
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- nixgeek 10y agoYup. Lotta places will now give you 1Mbps 95% on FastE inclusive with a service contract, if you ask nicely, and are taking a cage with 20+ racks. Datacenters which ask you to pay it's usually <$50 MRC. Would guess the transition is slow because if it ain't broke why fix it, and its often a lot more than just provisioning a new circuit, you have to update process documentation, etc.
- alex_hitchins 10y agoA few Datacentres I know have POTS/ISDN capability as they host a fair view VOIP companies. I assume at some point that VoIP call needs to get into the existing telephone network somehow. Also, companies would locate their telephony stack in a DC and route over ethernet just so the kit was more secure and in disaster scenarios they pick up anywhere.
- api 10y agoIt's also used for OOB access in high security environments in case you are getting strategically DDOSed. Makes me wonder what you'd find wardialing in 2016.
- ccakes 10y agoI've used dial up via a cheap modem to a Cisco 2500 as recently as a few years ago for OOB console access. It's not gold plated but still works fine More recently though it's all been on ethernet handoff either via the DC or a local provider
- bluedino 10y agoAT&T installs a USR modem for the pots line to manage the routers for their bVoIP