Anyone ever used calpop.com?

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Has anyone ever had any experiences with calpop.com for
colocation services? Please reply off list. Also sales
people no need to reply as you'll be routed to /dev/null

Thanks
Bill Sehmel
bsehmel@narrows.com

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Has anyone ever had any experiences with calpop.com for
colocation services?

Are they Savvis, or just pretending to be Savvis:

http://www.calpop.com/network.html

I like it where they say
                                                                
CalPOP's Network has been rated the #1 rated backbone in the world --

and

a) the contact for calpop.com is someone at hotmail.com
b) both calpop.com nameservers are on the same /24, likely
   plugged into the same switch and same power supply
c) both calpop.com nameservers report only one NS record,
   which is a third machine sharing the same characteristics
   as in b)
d) The TTL is one hour... I guess that's so they can pick up and
   move to, say, an XO data center real fast.

I think calpop.com is a cabinet inside a Savvis co-lo,
not that there's anything wrong with that.

-mark

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>> Has anyone ever had any experiences with calpop.com for
>> colocation services?

Are they Savvis, or just pretending to be Savvis:

They are a stand-alone Savvis customer. I am not certain if they are
multihomed at this time.

a) the contact for calpop.com is someone at hotmail.com
b) both calpop.com nameservers are on the same /24, likely
   plugged into the same switch and same power supply
c) both calpop.com nameservers report only one NS record,
   which is a third machine sharing the same characteristics
   as in b)
d) The TTL is one hour... I guess that's so they can pick up and
   move to, say, an XO data center real fast.

I understand they have a distinct reason for (d).

I think calpop.com is a cabinet inside a Savvis co-lo,
not that there's anything wrong with that.

If you believe they are colo'd at a Savvis data center, then where
did you get (b) from?

-mark

I have had indirect dealings with Calpop over the last 8 months or so. They
are without question a very small shop, however, that may be a plus or a
minus, depending on your goals. If you are looking for a no red tape cheap
colo, I personally would consider Calpop, as they have always been amazingly
responsive when I've dealt with them. If OTOH, you are looking for a
penetration proof, fingerprint entry, 24 hour a day guarded facility, you
should not be looking at the small guys...

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But, are they a Tier I? And if so, are they the Best Tier I?

:slight_smile:

- Dan

From: owner-nanog@merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu] On
Behalf Of Mark Kent
Sent: Saturday, April 06, 2002 11:52 AM
To: bsehmel@narrows.com
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Subject: Re: Anyone ever used calpop.com?

>> Has anyone ever had any experiences with calpop.com for colocation
>> services?

Are they Savvis, or just pretending to be Savvis:

http://www.calpop.com/network.html

I like it where they say
                                                                
CalPOP's Network has been rated the #1 rated backbone in the world --

and

a) the contact for calpop.com is someone at hotmail.com
b) both calpop.com nameservers are on the same /24, likely
   plugged into the same switch and same power supply
c) both calpop.com nameservers report only one NS record,
   which is a third machine sharing the same characteristics
   as in b)
d) The TTL is one hour... I guess that's so they can pick up and
   move to, say, an XO data center real fast.

I think calpop.com is a cabinet inside a Savvis co-lo,
not that there's anything wrong with that.

-mark