T1 short-haul vs. long-haul

Wayne E. Bouchard web at typo.org
Wed Jul 21 17:38:26 UTC 2004


Another drawback is that, by their nature, ADSL circuits have a higher
latency than standard T1 service. So if this is something thats really
important, a "propper" T1 might be a better option.

Then there's that little problem of maintaining routing over 8
parallel links, etc.

On Wed, Jul 21, 2004 at 10:32:30AM -0700, Adam Debus wrote:
> 
> Something to be careful on with ADSL is repair times. For example, with
> Qwest there is a 4 hour guarenteed dispatch (24x7x365) on T1 circuits, and a
> 23 business hour dispatch on ADSL. YMMV with other telcos.
> 
> ---
> Adam Debus
> Network Engineer, ReachONE Internet
> adam at reachone.com
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jon R. Kibler" <Jon.Kibler at aset.com>
> To: "Andre Oppermann" <nanog-list at nrg4u.com>
> Cc: <nanog at merit.edu>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 09:44
> Subject: Re: T1 short-haul vs. long-haul
> 
> 
> > Andre:
> >
> > If your distance for the short-haul is less than 10 miles or so
> (line-of-sight), I would go wireless. Reasons:
> >    a) you can get 10-30MBps on wireless vs. 1.4Mbps for T1.
> >    b) if you already have an antenna or other high-point, you can own the
> wireless network for about what the Telco would charge for a T-1 over about
> a year.
> >
> > If you really want a wire circuit, for long-haul or short-haul, consider
> multiple xDSL connections. For example, under the current pricing we are
> seeing, we can install 8 ADSL circuits for about what one T-1 would cost.
> With 8 ADSLs, you would be getting >10 Mbps inbound and 2.8Mbps outbound -- 
> equivalent to 8 inbound T-1s and 2 outbound T-1s for the same price as a
> single T-1.
> >
> > Just some thoughts.
> >
> > Jon Kibler
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Wayne Bouchard
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