On Mon, May 14, 2001 at 08:16:56AM -0400, Wojtek Zlobicki wrote:
Joe,
You have to look at economies of scale. A small to medium sized business cannot afford to colocate or purchase more reliable bandwidth. Since their business does not rely on thier line, they can do without more expensive connection. Second, they may be upgrading from other technologies such as ISDN or POTS. DSL is far from a reliable technology, yet quite far from an unreliable technology. I sit on the fence in regrards to its performance and other characteristics. The work that I have done working for a CLEC has shown me that a line that works well from the start is likely to stay up for weeks/months.
However, if a small to medium sized business has made the decision to go for a cheap option rather than pay for service and reliability, should they then come whining in inappropriate fora when their connectivity goes down? -- John Payne http://www.sackheads.org/jpayne/ john@sackheads.org http://www.sackheads.org/uce/ Fax: +44 870 0547954 To send me mail, use the address in the From: header