[dundee] Striking workers will curb network upgrades, claims BT

[Kris Davidson]

For a single site and depending on how critical uptime was, if
available I'd have:

    * Dial backup (stand and ISDN)
    * Dual connections with different providers, in the case of ADSL
one line on the BT network another on the BE network.
    * Some sort of wireless peering/understanding for lack of a better
description with other businesses in the area that we could have some
access to their network if needed.

For more than one site, pretty much the same but with leased
lines/private circuits so I could route traffic to another sites
external connection if needed.

I've kept business networks online via my or anyones mobile once or twice.

I'd try to ensure uptime by selection decent ISPs and having spare
equipment handy.

I'm always amazed by people who talk about how much money they lose
when the internet is down, yet have a crappy home service with crappy
hardware.

Kris

On 21 June 2010 11:12, Arron M Finnon <finux at finux.co.uk> wrote:
>
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/06/21/bt_strike/
>
> Striking workers will curb network upgrades, claims BT
>
> Just out of interest for the sysadmin/business bods and the internet
> addicts, what plans do you have in place to cover if your connection
> goes down.
>
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