On Fri, 17 Nov 1995, Ehud Gavron wrote:
When you buy a T1 private line, you can be assured that you're not sharing it with 120 other end-users. :-)
A T-1 private line to what? Do you think Sprint has sold more than 30 T-1s, filling up their DS-3 backbone?
Do you think MCI has sold more than 30 T-1s, filling up their DS-3 backbone?
You _are_ sharing bandwidth, unless 100% of your traffic is to your provider.
Yes, that is true but most ISP's in my area are overselling 100 X or more. Sure I mux 4 T1 FR to 1 T1 port and oversell my bandwidth, but all of my links have at least 20% free on them during our peek. Sure oversell, but I think it is wrong to keep overselling when your links are at 90% - 100% most of the time and you sell more t1's to get the money. Nathan Stratton CEO, NetRail, Inc. Your Gateway to the World! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Phone (703)524-4800 NetRail, Inc. Fax (703)534-5033 2007 N. 15 St. Suite 5 Email sales@netrail.net Arlington, Va. 22201 WWW http://www.netrail.net/ Access: (703) 524-4802 guest ---------------------------------------------------------------------------