[23525] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Network Topology
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (bmanning@vacation.karoshi.com)
Wed Mar 24 13:38:48 1999
From: bmanning@vacation.karoshi.com
To: valba@gomez.com (Victor Alba)
Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1999 10:40:46 -0800 (PST)
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <199903241559.KAA31032@lola.ellipsis.org> from "Victor Alba" at Mar 24, 99 10:59:26 am
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
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> I need the expert advice from all of you in this issue since my experience
> is insignificant compared to some of the members of this list. In your
> experience what is better in terms of connectivity to the Internet. My boss
> wants me to order 4 T1's (maybe 6) to different providers to be
> 'completely' sure that our NOC will 'always' be up & running. I've already
> got 2 T's right now, I really don't know how' 'wise' it is to add another
> 4 or 6 from 'different' providers. Would it be better for us to get them
> from the same 2 upstreams we've already got? Would it be better to get a
> Fractional T3? I need some convincing arguments for him to understand, can
> anyone help?
>
> -Victor
>
Diversity is a good thing. A bit harder to manage but often worth the
effort.
--bill
