Money for nothing, space for free...

Are you looking for that open space in your central office to install the latest bandwidth technology?  Even though telecommunication equipment has been generally decreasing in size as the bandwidth capabilities have grown, there seems to be engineering issues when it comes to physically locating the equipment inside a packed central office.  Decision time – “Do we tuck the equipment into the first open rack space?” or “Do we expand the office to accommodate new equipment for future use?”  Questions arise from the engineering perspective such as, “Will we need to increase cooling?”, “Do we have enough power to support a fully loaded chassis?”, and “Is this node in the right rack line up, away from other similar nodes?”  Not only do you have to factor in the heat displacement and cooling parameters, you most likely are wasting amperage on equipment RIP (Retired-in-Place).  Why not remove the legacy equipment, sell it off for potential revenue, open up your central office for additional equipment, become green by using less amperage on older equipment and spend a minimal amount of your budget doing this.  The age of “we might need this equipment for back up” is long gone.  New equipment is cheaper, faster and more robust.  When was the last time you really used legacy equipment to get you by until the replacement cards came in for your new equipment?  Why would you keep legacy equipment around taking up space, using amperage in your central office and pushing your cooling systems to the maximum during those hot summer days?  Now is the time to spring clean out your central offices and become proactive about your space.  Now is the time to utilize the value of legacy equipment, before the value descends to zero.  Now is the time to realize the potential of creating space while reducing revolving monthly costs.  “Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.”- William B. Sprague.  Now is the time to strike.

Bil Cameron

Director of Engineering Services

Associated Tele-Networking, Inc.