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Date: Sun, 13 Jul 1997 12:12:28 -0400
To: Blaine Minazzi <bminazzi@denverweb.net>
From: Dennis <dennis@etinc.com>
Subject: Re: T1/T3 Upgrade Options?
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At 10:54 AM 7/12/97 -0600, Blaine Minazzi wrote:

[snip]
>But, if you have a monthly overhead of of a full T-3, then the trying to
>save a small PERCENTAGE of you annual operating revenues at the expense
>of reliability, functionality, and throughput is pretty shortsighted. 
>Some jobs _DO_ require the big iron.  Trying to make do with a peice of
>equipment that is barely up to the task, is a recipie for failure.
>

I dont think that throughput will be an issue with a properly designed card,
and also don't fall into the assumption that Cisco T3 routers are as reliable
as 2501s with a T1. You still may be able to easily justfy using a $5000.
box...the maintenance contract alone an a high-end cisco will cost you more 
than keeping a crony on call 24X7 and a complete spare to "boot" :-)

Now multiple T3s is another banana altogether....


Dennis