[65945] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Bandwidth Control Question
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mark E. Mallett)
Fri Dec 19 12:02:17 2003
From: "Mark E. Mallett" <mem@mv.mv.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 11:54:40 -0500
To: "Claydon, Tom" <Tom.Claydon@DobsonTelco.net>
Cc: "'nanog@merit.edu'" <nanog@merit.edu>
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On Fri, Dec 19, 2003 at 10:36:08AM -0600, Claydon, Tom wrote:
>
> Hi Mark,
>
> Yes, it's a point-to-point link.
Somebody else mentioned ethernet; I know (without specific
recommendation though) that you can run fiber and use some inexpensive
media converters on each end to produce something that looks like
ethernet, without worrying about stringing wire between separate
electrical systems. Ethernet ports are cheaper than T3 ports too,
but then you'd still have to deal with shaping/limiting.
mm