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Re: Point to Point Ethernet
From: Brian Raaen <braaen () zcorum com>
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:46:48 -0400
Hate to say it, but also some of the cost on the circuits can be blamed on uncle Sam. ATM circuits are currently tariffed that same way are voice circuits. These tariffs are not charged to Ethernet because it is a 'data circuit'. At least that was the case a little while back. -- ----------------- Brian Raaen Network Engineer email: /braaen () zcorum com/ <mailto:braaen () zcorum com> // Seth Mattinen wrote:
Chris Adams wrote:Once upon a time, Ricky Beam <jfbeam () gmail com> said:Ethernet is cheap because it's everywhere, and built into almost everything. (however, the likes of Cisco and Juniper still charge insane amounts for line cards, be they ethernet, T1, or OC48.) Given the choice of buying a $4k DS3 card or just plugging into an existing, builtin ethernet port, which do you think most people will choose?Also, if you are plugging in a lower-speed link, you can plug ethernet in a <$1000 switch and trunk it to a router, while a mux for T1/T3/OCx circuits costs a lot more.I just ordered a circuit to be delivered over Ethernet - Verizon just plugged a pair of STM-1's into an ISG5100 and it's suddenly ridiculously cheaper. ~Seth
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- Re: Point to Point Ethernet Ricky Beam (Jul 09)
- Re: Point to Point Ethernet Chris Adams (Jul 10)
- Re: Point to Point Ethernet Seth Mattinen (Jul 10)
- Re: Point to Point Ethernet Brian Raaen (Jul 10)
- Re: Point to Point Ethernet William Allen Simpson (Jul 11)
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