 DaneJasperSonic.NetPremium,VIP
join:2001-08-20
Santa Rosa, CA
kudos:7 | reply to cyberthugin
said by cyberthugin:
The only prob with $60 is kinda pricey, perfect for a business but dsl is not regulated like T1 line is?
It's $44.95, not $60.
You're right that it's not a T1 service, so repair by the telco is on a "best effort" basis. We certainly wouldn't recommend a DSL circuit for a mission critical application.
That said, T1 services aren't as well supported as they used to be either. Until a year or so ago, you'd get 24x7 support, with a four hour response. Now it's business hours only. Go figure.
The best solution now, I'd say, would be a very high speed DSL link like ours, paired up with an appropriate dialup backup. This could be ISDN at 128kbps, or dual ISDN at 256kbps.
For more critical applications which require more bandwidth, a T1 could be used to back up the higher speed DSL link. While that's kind of odd sounding (the expensive link is the backup!), it would provide speed in the ideal case, and if the DSL broke, the more reliabile T1 at a reduced rate of speed.
All of that said, while this is easy to set up for end-users accessing the Internet (they can be behind a NAT device which supports the two Internet access links), it's a PITA if you're hosting servers, as you've got to have the same IPs available on both links. This isn't something that we can economically support on a $45 link with dialup backup, but it is something that we'll do if there's a T1 involved.
-Dane |
