[97575] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: TransAtlantic Cable Break
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robert Blayzor)
Sun Jun 24 08:21:37 2007
Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2007 08:20:41 -0400
From: Robert Blayzor <rblayzor@inoc.net>
To: nanog <nanog@merit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.64.0706221151490.23150@clifden.donelan.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
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. ;-)
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Robert Blayzor
INOC
rblayzor@inoc.net
http://www.inoc.net/~rblayzor/
If you unplug it fast enough, anything is hot swappable!
