Zayo zColo Xcon Pricing

[jamesl at mythostech.com (James Laszko)]

NRC = non-recurring fee - the setup fee.  They are charging setup fee and monthly fees to run a piece of ethernet.  The xcon fee monthly is 25% of the price of the ethernet service we're getting from the telco....


James

-----Original Message-----
From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces at nanog.org] On Behalf Of Mike Hammett
Sent: Wednesday, March 7, 2018 9:09 AM
Cc: nanog <nanog at nanog.org>
Subject: Re: Zayo zColo Xcon Pricing

I'm sure he means what he says. The cost to remove the cross connect when you're done with it. 




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Mike Hammett 
Intelligent Computing Solutions 

Midwest Internet Exchange 

The Brothers WISP 

----- Original Message -----

From: "Mel Beckman" <mel at beckman.org> 
To: "Romeo Czumbil" <Romeo.Czumbil at tierpoint.com> 
Cc: "nanog" <nanog at nanog.org> 
Sent: Wednesday, March 7, 2018 10:55:32 AM 
Subject: Re: Zayo zColo Xcon Pricing 

NRC? Do you mean ETC (early termination charge)? 

This is a sore point with me in all telco contracts. They want a one- or two-year term, or even three, and in exchange give you a discount on the installation and a tiny MRC reduction. But if you cancel early, they demand full payment for all the remaining months! I realize that the contract is written this way, but why? It doesnâ??t seem fair at all, and as a service provider myself, I know this is actually a huge unearned windfall for the provider. 

To make things worse, many providers subtly plant an â??auto-renewâ?? clause in their contracts. You miss canceling but the end of the contract date, and BOOM, youâ??re on the hook for another two years! 

Iâ??ve been burned by this more than once. 

-mel 

> On Mar 7, 2018, at 8:41 AM, Romeo Czumbil <Romeo.Czumbil at tierpoint.com> wrote: 
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> Wait till you ask for a disconnect. Then you get hit again for a hefty NRC 
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> -----Original Message----- 
> From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces at nanog.org] On Behalf Of James Laszko 
> Sent: Wednesday, March 7, 2018 10:11 AM 
> To: nanog <nanog at nanog.org> 
> Subject: Zayo zColo Xcon Pricing 
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> One of our coloâ??s in San Diego was purchased by Zayo recently and I requested a new copper Ethernet xcon to be placed. After a few days I received a quote from my new rep quoting a MRC 3x what Iâ??m currently paying for existing xconâ??s as well as a hefty NRC as well. Anyone have any experience with this kind of thing? Anyone care to share what an average copper xcon, single floor, meet-me-room to cage, Ethernet from carrier circuit costs? (This xcon is approx 30 feet..) 
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> Thanks! 
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> James 
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