[1075] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Links on the blink - reprise
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Paul Ferguson)
Fri Nov 17 18:55:39 1995
Date: Fri, 17 Nov 1995 18:41:08 -0500
To: smd@sprint.net
From: Paul Ferguson <pferguso@cisco.com>
Cc: cook@cookreport.com, nanog@merit.edu
At 05:47 PM 11/17/95 -0500, Sean Doran wrote:
>
>There are substantial disadvantages, too.
>
>In order to take advantage of the greater
>port-density(-per-dollar) on FR switches right now, the
>end user has to use FR, which is not always practical
>or desirable.
>
One of the reasons why end users find frame-relay undesireable is
that they cannot be assured that their provider is not grossly
oversubscribed on PVC-per-port density. When you buy a T1 private
line, you can be assured that you're not sharing it with 120 other
end-users. :-)
- paul
