Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 18:15:10 -0500 (CDT) From: "S(pork)" <spork@super-g.com> To: Tony Kimball <alk@think.com> Cc: marpat@kmtnet.com, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG, linuxisp@lightning.com Subject: Re: T1 offc. resell config Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.92.960910180558.18939C-100000@super-g.inch.com> In-Reply-To: <199609101821.NAA06897@compound.Think.COM>
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We're looking at a similar test in our building before we move on to the rest of the city... We were thinking of putting an ethernet-ethernet router like a Cisco 2514 between our network and the ethernet switch that would distribute access to our various customers. We could set up some filters on the router that would disallow ftp/http servers and whatnot, and help keep things safe for our customers. Our big concern now is security BETWEEN clients... The only solutions I see so far are very expensive; with names like Cisco and BayNetworks... sigh. Charles spork@super-g.com On Tue, 10 Sep 1996, Tony Kimball wrote: > Quoth Mark Patterson on Tue, 10 September: > : > : What equip. do i use to break up our T1 into resellable portions for > : potential clients ranging in need from 56kb - 128kb and above? > > The cheapest thing for you to do is to sell ethernet drops. > Moreover, it is very desirable from your client's perspective > because they do not need a sync or isdn router, and they can > take advantage of surplus available bandwidth. What you sell > is not a fixed increment, but either a guaranteed minimum available > bandwidth (using a bandwidth limiting router) or a statistical > guarantee. In this way you can charge a premium price (due to > superiority of service) while incurring lesser infrastructural > costs than competing services. >
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