Off-topic survey:
I am investigating some POP alternatives for our network. These POPs will be
dialup only. They will be co-located within the CLEC switch or remote
central office.
I am looking for information on how most of you backhaul the dialup traffic
to your networks. I find it curiously strange that more CLECs do not have
fiber in their facilities that connect them to IP backbones like UUNET,
Sprint or CW (at least that's the way it is here in NJ). My first
inclination was not to backhaul, but obtain a separate feed to one of the
backbones right in the colo/switch, but this is not an option. So, I am left
to backhaul.
What is the most cost-effective way to do this? Assuming that these POPs
will be relatively small, not requiring A DS3 to backhaul, how many PRI
dialup trunks can be supported for each T1 backhaul to my network? Or, is
there a more efficient way to do it? The CLEC's use a 3 to 1 rule -- 3 PRI's
with relatively moderate traffic can be supported by 1 T1 backhaul. I have
my doubts here as well.
Thoughts, comments, suggestions are welcomed, off-list if you prefer.
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Scot Desort
Network Operations Manager
NJ Internet Access
scot(a)njaccess.net
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