[OT] Why not use both? WAS: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Should I choose DSL @ 1.5 or a full T1?

[Bryce Chidester]

Just a thought but, why not leverage both simultaneously and boost  
the overall speed? Clients will only notice a slowdown when one or  
the other goes down, but QOS will usually be better. At least you  
wouldn't be wasting $80/$60 a month on something not used. Even  
better is that no intervention would be necessary - both connections  
were live to begin with so you're simply dropped to 50%.
I looked into doing this myself with WiFi and dialup connections in  
addition to cable, but seeing as my neighbours have cable connects  
and I don't have a dedicated line for dialup (not to mention the  
intolerably slow speeds for even one computer) I haven't implemented  
it. However, I have met quite a few that spread their connects across  
various DSL, cable, T1, and other frame-relays so it certainly is  
doable.

Regards,
Bryce Chidester
Rhino Equipment Corp.
bryce at rhinoequipment.com        SIP: 305 at rhinoequipment.zapto.org
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On Jun 11, 2005, at 10:42, Joseph wrote:


> Another alternative is to get another connection in addition to DSL  
> for
> example Cable Connection.
> That is what we have, our main connection is DSL and we have a backup
> Cable connection, if one connection goes down you switch to another.
> It had happened to us in a past DSL went down, 10min. and we were on
> Cable High Speed.
>
> So price wise it is a good arrangement as well:
> DSL 60CAD
> Cable Hight Speed (7MB down / 1Mb up) at 80CAD
> Not to mention the down is limited to restarting your eth0 on your
> server and update you DNS to new IP if you are running web-server.
>
> -- 
> #Joseph
>
> On Fri, 2005-06-10 at 23:39 -0400, Peter A. Solomon wrote:
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com
>> [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of  
>> Barton Fisher
>> Sent: Friday, June 10, 2005 9:27 PM
>> To: Asterisk-Users at lists.digium.com
>> Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Should I choose DSL @ 1.5 or a full T1?
>>
>>
>> I'm looking to expand my bandwidth for my Asterisk PBX.
>>
>> Why should I choose a T1 over DSL for my asterisk server?
>>
>> I found someone offering T1's for $290 a month + Loops or 3 Meg  
>> for $561 a
>> month + Loops.  Is this a good deal?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Bart
>>
>> **********************
>>
>> If your looking at wanting to use QOS or Multiprotocol Label  
>> Switching on
>> the same line, then a T is the way to go. You don't mention the  
>> equipments
>> though so it's hard to answer your question. How many calls, Data  
>> & VOIP,
>> Protocol? Tier One ISP? You get what you pay for, it all depends  
>> up what you
>> need.
>>
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