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Re: TransAtlantic Cable Break
From: Robert Blayzor <rblayzor () inoc net>
Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2007 08:20:41 -0400
Sean Donelan wrote:
Is paying for "protected circuits" actually worth it. Or are you better off just buying two circuits and using both during normal conditions. Use switching at layer 3 to the remaining circuit during abnormal conditions. Most of the time, you get twice the capacity for only twice the price instead of a "protected circuit" where you only get the once the capacity for twice the price.
I think it's pretty much safe to say that on a 10G wavelength, buying it as protected on the same fiber route, same glass path is a total waste of money. (at least for a trans-Atlantic circuit). That's some seriously expensive electronics protection. For that cost, it'd be cheaper to hire people to sit and at the box to replace cards when/if something happens electronically. ;-) -- Robert Blayzor INOC rblayzor () inoc net http://www.inoc.net/~rblayzor/ If you unplug it fast enough, anything is hot swappable!
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