Date: Sat, 12 Jul 1997 10:54:23 -0600 From: Blaine Minazzi <bminazzi@denverweb.net> To: dennis <dennis@etinc.com> Cc: isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: T1/T3 Upgrade Options? Message-ID: <33C7B6BF.65E3E3FB@denverweb.net> References: <3.0.32.19970712112601.00e16210@etinc.com>
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dennis wrote: > It is not "penny-wise and pound foolish" to not want to spend > $60,000. if your requirements are only 4, 6 or 8Mb/s, which is > the case with many small and medium size ISPs. You should > not need that equipment (and it shouldnt cost what it does), > but there are high performance solutions at these speeds that > will save you big money and not compromise your needs. > > Dennis I agree. I am talking about a _real_ T-3.The full thing. If you only need 4, 6, or 8 Mb/s then you dont need to spend an arm and a leg on a big honkin Cisco. Your stuff ( and the PC hardware ) is fine. Cost efective. Flexable. Cheap enough to keep a complete backup system in the closet. Buying a 60 thousand dollar peice of equipment for such a small amount of bandwidth is just as stupid as the other way around, IMHO. 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. This is just my opinion of how to run a business, not an argument on the technical capabilities of any partiular peice of eqiupment. I try not to over spend, but I have quit trying to save a few bucks at the expense of reliability, quality, capacity, etc.
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