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gialyons
Equinix Employee
2 years ago

What’s the quickest and slowest deployment in your career?

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Raf
Level 1
2 years ago

It took about 1.5 years to get a rack delivered to the DC of a competitor who tends to abuse contractors...

I've had a lot of problems with the service provider installing a fibre panel in a rack that was marked "to be destroyed" / the type of rack that was no longer in stock / the electrical connection partly done - then completed 3 months later...

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    gialyons
    Equinix Employee
    2 years ago

    Rafoof, painful. What's the quickest deployment you've ever experienced?

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      Raf
      Level 1
      2 years ago

      As an ISP; probably the installation of a fibre (FTTB) in less than a week:

      • Order validation at D0
      • Set up of equipments (CPE) + operator part done at D+3
      • intervention of technicians on the customer site on D+5
      • Administrative delivery of the order the next day...

      => Very satisfied customer !

      With most "big" operators, the usual delay is 4 to 6 weeks minimum.

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        gialyons
        Equinix Employee
        2 years ago

        Rafwhy was it so speedy if the norm is 4 to 6 weeks?