[SCFN] why is T1 worth so much for 1.5 MBPS ?

[Brian Whalen]

Charles Wyble wrote:
> More like COS (class of service). T1 is incredibly reliable and gets 
> priority restoration in the event of a failure. You can also do BGP 
> over it (both take full routes and advertise routes).
>
> However with the increasing availability of MPLS, you can utilize DSL 
> with it's additional bandwidth and get the benefits of T1.
>
> Last time I got a quote on the price, it was 500.00 a month for a DSL 
> connection with MPLS.
>
> green bean wrote:
To further emphasize the above, if you have a T1 and it goes down, the 
T1 provider monitors its own network and will usually contact you to 
begin troubleshooting.  Whether or not it is worth that much is 
debatable, if you're really a can't be down business, then 2 T1s with 
different providers and bgp with both is a nice way to start down the 
road of protecting against network failure.  A dsl provider is unlikely 
to do contact you in the event of a failure, email notification in the 
event of a pop/regional problem has been my experience.

Brian