[geeks] Data Center Braggage

[Benjamin Kelley]

> Hmmm... I think I should bring my digital camera to see the
> rack of spaghetti at one of my customer sites.  Very scary
> and most of the spaghetti is only cat3 wiring =)
We purchased a Kc based ISP, So we could get customer base for our ISP.
The TFS NOC consisted of a bunch of clone PC's running linux and NT.
The main server's harddrives were ducttaped to the table(to keep them
from vibrating away).   They were too poor to afford rackmount modems.
So they took the boards out of USR sportsters and mounted them in a
makeshift case.  They floor was coverd with cables. you couldnt even see
the floor in some places. And you had to make sure to not trip on the ds-3
(also running across the floor)


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 Benjamin L. Kelley
  Birch Telecom
    Unix Systems Administrator
  Email: bkelley at birch.net
  Phone: 816-300-1907
  CellPhone: 816-582-8462
  Pager: bkelley-page at birch.net or  816-855-8729
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