Re: Point to Point Ethernet

Once upon a time, Ricky Beam <jfbeam@gmail.com> said:

Ethernet is cheap because it's everywhere, and built into almost everything. (however, the likes of Cisco and Juniper still charge insane amounts for line cards, be they ethernet, T1, or OC48.) Given the choice of buying a $4k DS3 card or just plugging into an existing, builtin ethernet port, which do you think most people will choose?

Also, if you are plugging in a lower-speed link, you can plug ethernet in a <$1000 switch and trunk it to a router, while a mux for T1/T3/OCx circuits costs a lot more. -- Chris Adams <cmadams@hiwaay.net> Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble.