Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2000 16:49:21 -0400 From: Dennis <dennis@etinc.com> To: Jan Knepper <jan@smartsoft.cc>, FreeBSD-ISP@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Burstable T1 Message-ID: <200006012049.QAA03620@etinc.com> In-Reply-To: <3936B4DF.B9471CD2@smartsoft.cc>
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At 03:09 PM 6/1/00 -0400, Jan Knepper wrote: >Hi, > >What do you guys think about "Burstable T1" to setup an Internet Host with >FreeBSD? >I asked a couple of weeks ago about Frame Relay. Frame Relay however is rather >expensive compared to "Burstable T1". DSL is not available where I want to have >the host. Too far away from a CO. The only one is IDSL (DSL over ISDN), but >since we've already ISDN-2 I don't think that would be a real solution. Regardless of what they call it, "burstable" is totally meaningless. All it means is that they reserve the right to give you any grade of service that they want, so depending on how many hundreds of customers are sharing the bandwidth., your results will vary depending on what others are doing. On frame, for example, if you have a T1 and the provider only sells 24 T1s on their T3, then you should get the same throughput as you would on a dedicated T1. The danger of frame is that you normally will be sharing the "backbone leg", that is, the aggregate line going to the provider, with a lot more than 24 customers (typically 2-3 to one, at least). Burstable T1 (or DSL...same difference)..the provider simply puts a lot more customers on the line. You may see 250 "burstable T1" customers on a single T1. So if you are the only one active, you'll get T1. But there are no guarantees that you wont get absolutely terrible service also. Some providers will bandwidth limit you also, which will differ depending on the method. Our product, for example, allows you to "burst" when overall traffic levels are below a certain threshhold. After that you will be limited to a lower bandwidth. Dennis > >Don't worry, be Kneppie! >Jan > > > >-- >=============================================================== >Jan Knepper >Smartsoft, LLC >88 Petersburg Road >Petersburg, NJ 08270 >U.S.A. > >Phone: 609-628-4260 >FAX : 609-628-1267 > >http://www.smartsoft.cc/ >--------------------------------------------------------------- >http://www.pianoprincess.com/ >http://www.mp3.com/pianoprincess >http://www.riffage.com/Bands/0,2939,2859,00.html >http://pianoprincess.iuma.com/ >http://www.changemusic.com/piano_princess >=============================================================== > > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message > Emerging Technologies, Inc. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------- http://www.etinc.com ISA and PCI T1/T3/V35/HSSI Cards for FreeBSD and LINUX Multiport T1 and HSSI/T3 UNIX-based Routers Bandwidth Management Standalone Systems Bandwidth Management software for LINUX and FreeBSD To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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