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Re: Point to Point Ethernet


From: Chris Adams <cmadams () hiwaay net>
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:38:48 -0500

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.

-- 
Chris Adams <cmadams () hiwaay net>
Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services
I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble.


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