Date: Fri, 15 Nov 1996 23:06:20 -0600 (CST) From: Joe Greco <jgreco@brasil.moneng.mei.com> To: dennis@etinc.com (dennis) Cc: isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: changed to: Frac T3? Message-ID: <199611160506.XAA29769@brasil.moneng.mei.com> In-Reply-To: <199611152232.RAA06688@etinc.com> from "dennis" at Nov 15, 96 05:32:10 pm
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> >Cool, do it :-) The harder you push, the more likely it is someone will > >take up the challenge of how to route more quickly. > > Gee...what I was hoping to get is what people need.....is there a substantial > fractional T3 requirement? or does everyone need/want full T3? Would anyone > buy a 32Mbs card, or is it a waste if it doesnt to full t3? It seems that > there should > be a market for relatively low-speed fiber....increasing the clock rate as > you need > bandwidth. 20 T1s is a lot of bandwidth. Hi Dennis, I guess it depends on whether or not it is sold as an option (by the networking service provider)... I usually see people talk about frac-T1, T1, and then immediately jump to T3. Translation: I see less of a market for frac-T3 than I do for T3. In my opinion, if I were you, I would certainly rev up my current product to handle frac-T3, on the condition that doing so was not a MAJOR re-engineering process. You were mumbling something about PCI too, and I can see a PCI sync serial card capable of speeds from 56k to frac-T3 as being attractive... even if you leave the ISA stuff alone. But I am sure you are aware of what is happening in this business. Modems are getting faster, the percent of households with Internet connectivity is going up, and the ISP that had a T1 two years ago now has dual T3's and a hundredfold growth. Bandwidth is becoming more and more of an issue, as more people want to move data faster. If you can provide a T3-capable card, that may have applications in large Internet server environments, in addition to router environments. As for me: would I buy one? No. I do not see my own bandwidth needs exceeding dual-T1 within a year, and at those rates, I would go dual-T1 for redundancy's sake. ... JG
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