Re: Security benefits of spliting services between two ISP providers

[Frank Laszlo <laszlof () tvog net>]

Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu wrote:

> On Wed, 18 May 2005 09:14:56 EDT, Frank Laszlo said:
>  
>
> > You never really want to utilize 100% of your bandwidth, you should 
> > always have some "extra" bandwidth "just in case." Sure, there are costs 
> > involved, but as a business, surely one could make the decision on 
> > whether or not to push it as an expense, or take the risk of only having 
> > 1 connection. I personally wouldnt split the services between the two 
> > ISPs, I would simple have another connection for those "just in case" 
> > situations. If a business relies heavily on internet, you shouldnt be 
> > worried about a few extra bucks for a redundent connection. Just my 2 cents.
> >    
>
> When a "few extra bucks" is $2,000/month, you start looking at it differently.
>
> (NetworkVirginia commercial pricing is $1175/mo for a T-1 (1.5mbits), and if the
> original poster has 3mbits/sec, it's 2 T-1s. So $2,000/mo isn't just a wild-ass
> guess).
>  

You really have to put it into perspective. $2,000/mo to a small company 
is a lot of money, sure. But overall, any medium to large size company 
will find it a very small investment for an even greater return. The 
return being redudency. Which is why i said it woulc be a corporate 
decision to make such an investment. If they company can afford it, By 
all means they should.

Regards,
   Frank
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