how to waste fiber (was:OT:MarketSpeak)

Wed Oct 13 21:26:45 UTC 1999

At 12:07 PM 10/13/1999 -0400, William Allen Simpson wrote:

>Worse, in my miserable experience, the APS would flip back and forth.
>It's not supposed to, but it has.  I firmly recommend: do not pay for
>APS.  Put the money toward diverse paths.  As usual, Paul Vixie has got
>it right!

APS is not intended to be a standalone protection factor. Implemented on 
routers, it will only protect you up to the first LTE. In most cases, this 
will be an in-house cross connect.

Don't confuse APS with 1+1 protection.

-Steve