[BBLISA] Telecommunications Recommendations...

[Dean Anderson]

Hmm. Should be reading BBLisa more often...

Its possible to glue multiple T1's together for higher bandwidth, using
either inverse multiplers, PPP bundling, or per-packet load balancing.  
AV8 and some other providers do this. What I do, that most others don't,
is put in a DSL line as a backup in case something fails. Send me a VZ
phone number in your building and I can send you some pricing.

But comcast is indeed hard to beat for 'cheap', at least right now.  
But what makes me happy is the reports that comcast is going to moving
to a model where they charge for b/w use and throttle high users.  
(Basically, just like ISPs charge in Europe--no fixed price services.)  
So, it won't be so cheap in the end, after all. ;-)

And to add to what others sort of pointed out about reliability, keep in
mind that Comcast is a entertainment service.  When the weather knocks
out cable TV, they wait for the roads to clear and the ice to thaw
before making repairs. VZ is out there right away working on
life-critical service repairs.  For example, immediately after 911, VZ
was out in force, Comcast was nowhere to be seen. As the residents were
also banned from the area for the first few weeks, this wasn't a problem
for Comcast.  And there are more technical ways that entertainment
systems are designed differently than high availabililty critical
service system.

		--Dean

On Wed, 14 Jul 2010, Richard 'Doc' Kinne wrote:

> Folks:
> 
> I wanted to respond with thanks regarding the responses I got for my
> requests for "telecommunications recommendations."
> 
> I'll say that FIOS is not an option here in West Cambridge. I think my
> Director would die and go to heaven if I could get him FIOS, but not
> in this lifetime apparently.
> 
> You folks basically were able to clue me in that the difference
> between the DS1 and Comcast was the SLA. That was valuable. Comcast
> business service didn't even know what an SLA was, interestingly
> enough.
> 
> Daniel's thought on having two input streams coming into the building
> and managing them via a "twin" or "dual" WAN router was very
> interesting. I'm looking at such WAN routers now.
> 
> Both Daniel and K.M. Peterson spoke of "BGPs" in terms of advertising
> routes. I have to say that I've not encountered the term "BGP" before
> along that line. What is it?
> 
> Finally, David, your post regarding availability (loved the numbers!)
> and potential port blocking was an important point.
> 
> At this point it looks like I can get and keep my current service, but
> get it discounted by about 20%. This savings will enable me to add the
> Comcast pipeline all for less than what we pay now. This will enable
> us to have what we want and safely test the reliability of Comcast
> over the long term.
> 
> Thanks again, folks! The BBLISA list has, and continues to be, a
> critical resource which is invaluable to me, and I'm sure to many
> others as well!
> ----
> Doc Kinne
> AAVSO
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