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Yesterday's outage was not an L0/L1 problem, it was L2 and L3. Rogers wavelength services continued working perfectly fine (I have 3 x 10Gbps circuits from the

by bcrl 4y ago

Yesterday's outage was not an L0/L1 problem, it was L2 and L3. Rogers wavelength services continued working perfectly fine (I have 3 x 10Gbps circuits from them). Even the Rogers owned data center my gear is in was fine as they were an acquisition that still has IP connectivity from other carriers (including Zayo). As the owner and operator of a small non-dominant carrier, what would really help is to have access to fibre local loops and transport at reasonable costs that reflect their 30+ year operational life. Existing fibre owned by the incumbents doesn't need to be duplicated. Unfortunately that's not the path the CRTC has taken to encourage competition. I really need to write a new Part 1 application on this.

ttul 4y ago
Please do. And good luck with that. The level of national frustration with telecoms must have reached a new record yesterday.
- bcrl 4y ago
  If I had infinite time, I would. It's taken a few years to recover from no fewer than 4 projects which were complete write offs in terms of profitability because my permits were delayed while the incumbent built out a neighbourhood for themselves. There's nothing better than a half million dollar hole in your financial plans thanks to delayed and denied permits. Starting to build a carrier is a really steep learning curve. You don't know what the rules are, and you don't know how and when to fight back against the incumbents. Hell, the CRTC is a huge problem in and of itself as it took 2 years to sort out a fairly simple filing by Videotron where they had permits improperly denied to access poles (see https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2022/2022-160.htm https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2022/2022-160.htm for the decision on that filing -- my comments were referenced several times in that decision). If someone really wants to start a small telco here in Canada, my number 1 recommendation is: do your own engineering. Engineering consulting companies will dig you a very expensive hole for projects that go sideways -- avoid that. The second most important tip is to fight back and go to regulators the moment permits do not get issued in a timely manner. Learn from some of my pain to avoid your own expensive lessons learned.

by bcrl 4y ago

ttul 4y ago

Please do. And good luck with that. The level of national frustration with telecoms must have reached a new record yesterday.

bcrl 4y ago
If I had infinite time, I would. It's taken a few years to recover from no fewer than 4 projects which were complete write offs in terms of profitability because my permits were delayed while the incumbent built out a neighbourhood for themselves. There's nothing better than a half million dollar hole in your financial plans thanks to delayed and denied permits. Starting to build a carrier is a really steep learning curve. You don't know what the rules are, and you don't know how and when to fight back against the incumbents. Hell, the CRTC is a huge problem in and of itself as it took 2 years to sort out a fairly simple filing by Videotron where they had permits improperly denied to access poles (see https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2022/2022-160.htm https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2022/2022-160.htm for the decision on that filing -- my comments were referenced several times in that decision). If someone really wants to start a small telco here in Canada, my number 1 recommendation is: do your own engineering. Engineering consulting companies will dig you a very expensive hole for projects that go sideways -- avoid that. The second most important tip is to fight back and go to regulators the moment permits do not get issued in a timely manner. Learn from some of my pain to avoid your own expensive lessons learned.