"BGP at home": getting a DIA circuit installed at home

I'm curious to know details like what sort of house or dwelling this person lives in; anyplace with enough capacity for all that (4U rack space, power and cooling, etc.) seems spacious.

The article says it's right off a major street. So is it urban? Suburban? Single-family home? Inquiring minds want to know.

Re: "BGP at home": getting a DIA circuit installed at home

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Post by cobertos » Sun, Feb 19, 2023, 2:48 AM UTC

c3534l wrote: post #2

But why?

Why not? Sounds fun

They mention at the top because they didn't want to colocate it. So I imagine they did it because they could?

Re: "BGP at home": getting a DIA circuit installed at home

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Post by cobertos » Sun, Feb 19, 2023, 2:50 AM UTC

Curious what they're running just on the other side of the Verizon Business NIB, and if there was any hiccups in the peering process with Verizon

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Post by remram » Sun, Feb 19, 2023, 2:58 AM UTC

BGP peering! I would be happy just to get IPv6 connectivity...

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Post by rektide » Sun, Feb 19, 2023, 3:04 AM UTC

lukeh wrote: post #3

Why two NIDs?

This is one of the most literal Conway's Law instances I've seen...

> organizations design systems that mirror their own communication structure.

An org for the physical layer has a box, then the org offering the connectivity layer plugs their box into the first box. Like OSI layers stacking up.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway%27s_law

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Post by VoidWhisperer » Sun, Feb 19, 2023, 3:05 AM UTC

lukeh wrote: post #3

Why two NIDs?

I'm curious about this too.. it seems like it might be some intricacy because of Verizon business and Verizon telecom being two different entities, but I am curious if there is a technical reason for it too.

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Post by skissane » Sun, Feb 19, 2023, 3:09 AM UTC

c3534l wrote: post #2

But why?

If I had more money than sense, I’d do the same thing.

If I was filthy rich (which I’m not and probably never will be), I’d build a data centre in my mansion and buy a brand new IBM mainframe and stick it in there. Because I can. For the same reason other rich people build some huge garage with dozens of cars in it.