Comments on: Colo & Telecom Providers

By: Keith Marks

Keith Marks — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 20:44:28 +0000

Eric,

An excellent overview of the Portland area. And a very good unbiased approach at describing most of the current telecom players in Portland Metro. Keep up the good work!

By: eprosenx

eprosenx — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:44:57 +0000

@GreggB

Hey Gregg-

Yes! Indeed they have a colo space in their facility out near the airport. It has been a couple years since I have had a tour. The exact location can be found in my Google map of telecom facilities I put together:

http://www.bitplumber.net/2009/04/map-of-all-portland-telecommunication-and-colocation-facilities/

Infinity Internet also has a building out very close to there that they are turning into a datacenter.

Let me know if you have any additional questions!

-Eric

By: GreggB

GreggB — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:41:27 +0000

I’ve heard, pretty firmly, that Integra runs a colo near PDX Airport…although I’ve yet to find anyone whom can point out where it’s physically located (let-alone sales staff who knows about it). Any thoughts?

By: eprosenx

eprosenx — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 05:22:49 +0000

Yeah, they actually have multiple generators but I think it is just for capacity and not for redundancy. A while back they were taking advantage of the PGE program where PGE does all your generator maintenance for free and pays for diesel fuel, but they can dial in and remote start your generator at any time and take your facility off the grid. This leads to more grid transfers which increases the risk of a failure. The PGE program is good for reducing costs, but it decreases reliability. @Aaron Blew

By: Aaron Blew

Aaron Blew — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 04:41:23 +0000

The only note I have about Via West is that they’re a single generator shop. As many high profile outages lately have shown, this is becoming a more visible issue (though it may not be one that all colo customers would need to take into consideration).

By: eprosenx

eprosenx — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 06:51:09 +0000

@john

I took John up on his gracious offer and was able to update the info above accordingly.

Thanks John!

-Eric

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By: john

john — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 16:16:38 +0000

hi, would like to give you a walk through here sometime….fyi noanet is no more…now lsnetworks which is a private group reflective of its rural clec owners

john burns

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