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To: Mark Patterson <marpat@kmtnet.com>
From: dennis@etinc.com (Dennis)
Subject: Re: T1 offc. resell config
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>Hi Folks,
>
>Looking for suggestions on how i might handle the following:
>We're considering having a full T1 dropped into a 13-story office building.
>Serveral of the tennents have expressed interest in getting access from us
>already.  So we want to sell portions (fractionalize?) our T1 _within_ 
>the office bldg.  Outside the building a little later ;-)
>
>Initially, what's the *least* expensive way to go about this?  We only have
>an initial budget of $10k. More if we can show a profit to the investors.
>
>Current equipment -  an ET/5025 Router card (I think this card will do T1) 
>in a x386-Linux box; a 56/64k Adtran CSU/DSU (with buy back option); 
>FreeBSD P5/120mhz 32MB RAM, SCSI 2-1Gb HDD, 3Com-509 ethercard; 
>and a x486-66 w/16mb RAM.
>
>Don't know if the building is wired to handle a T1.  
>
>What equip. do i use to break up our T1 into resellable portions for 
>potential clients ranging in need from 56kb - 128kb and above? 
>
>Any and all suggestions appreciated.
>Thanks!!!

Why not run Ethernet and use our bandwidth limiter to limit the hosts
traffic? How you wire it is another issue.

dennis