jon.d@c2internet.net - Email found in subject - Re: [SC.LUG]C onnectivity

[Jonathan Dwerryhouse]

"having four lines would reduce the likelyhood of total downtime a little
too."  It most definitely wouldn't- they're all going into the same DSLAM.
The only time when that would provide backup is if you had say an SDSL line
going into Bulldog LLU equipment in an enabled exchange and then a backup BT
DSL line.  

You're lucky having that amount of downtime.  I see BT's Major Service
Outage reports every day- it's not unusual for them to knock out a RAS that
controls large chunks of the country.  DSL is not a replacement for
pre-established WAN connections like leased lines.  Well, it depends how
important connectivity is to one's business. 

Jonathan Dwerryhouse
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-----Original Message-----
From: Ian Molton [mailto:spyro at f2s.com] 
Sent: 24 November 2003 15:24
To: South Cheshire GNU/Linux Users
Subject: jon.d at c2internet.net - Email found in subject - Re:
[SC.LUG]Connectivity

On Mon, 24 Nov 2003 12:05:38 -0000
Jonathan Dwerryhouse <jon.d at c2internet.net> wrote:

> I think people forget that BT only ever intended ADSL to be an 'always-on'
> replacement for ISDN speeds.  

Nevertheless My ADSL has never been down more than about 30 minutes (in
technical terms - its had 3 days downtime due to a billing fuckup by f2s)
and thats in about a year of usage.

having four lines would reduce the likelyhood of total downtime a little
too.

Rather depends whats on the other end of it I guess :)

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