routers vs WAN vs T1 vs dialup

[dave at dpallan.com (David Allan)]

I'll put in another $.02 on this one.  If you're doing voice/data MUX'd,
go with what the provider wants to use.  A 1720, as someone else
mentioned, just isn't that expensive, and you're looking at a complex
system here.  It *is* going to fail, as all systems do, and then you're
going to have to work with Net2000 to fix it.

Also, don't run a mailserver on your firewall, in fact, don't run
anything but your firewall on your firewall.

Damn, I'm up to $.08 on this thread.  I'll shut up now.

Dave

On Wed, 25 Apr 2001, Glenn Burkhardt wrote:

> > That said, I'll also recommend against a T1 line:  they're too fast for most small
> > offices, and put all your eggs in one basket.  You'd do much better to pay for two
> > ** DIVERSE ** SDSL circuits, even if it means having a new cable run into your
> > building from a different street.  Sooner or later, someone's going to run a
> > DitchWitch through your T1 circuit, and you'll be dead in the water.
>
> Thanks for the info - it helps.
>
> We can't get DSL at our location - we're too far out.
>
> The T1 line isn't just for our Internet connection, though.  They plan
> to put our 12 phone lines on half of it.  The deal Net2000 is offering on
> long distance rates alone means a savings of over $600/month.  We make a lot
> of international calls.
>
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