From owner-freebsd-isp Sat Feb 15 15:34:58 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id PAA24470 for isp-outgoing; Sat, 15 Feb 1997 15:34:58 -0800 (PST) Received: from avon-gw.uk1.vbc.net (jdd@avon-gw.uk1.vbc.net [194.207.2.20]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id PAA24465 for ; Sat, 15 Feb 1997 15:34:53 -0800 (PST) Received: (from jdd@localhost) by avon-gw.uk1.vbc.net (8.8.2/8.7.3) id XAA09730; Sat, 15 Feb 1997 23:34:04 GMT Date: Sat, 15 Feb 1997 23:34:04 +0000 (GMT) From: Jim Dixon X-Sender: jdd@avon-gw.uk1.vbc.net To: Intuitive Design Info cc: isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ATM Frame Relay vs P2P? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-isp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, 14 Feb 1997, Intuitive Design Info wrote: > Since we are on the subject... What have people's experience been > with SMDS vs. Frame Relay or a DS1? All at simular streams. General > feelings, some of the pricing and the like? SMDS has very very high overheads. As I recall you get 1.07 Mbps over a 1.544 Mbps T1. Avoid it. Frame relay has acceptable overheads and is usually significantly cheaper than a straight T1. -- Jim Dixon VBCnet GB Ltd http://www.vbc.net tel +44 117 929 1316 fax +44 117 927 2015