On 01/27/2012 12:14 AM, Raymond Lillard wrote:
There are two reasons T1 is more expensive. T1 requires 2 copper pairs in the cable. Those 2 pairs not available for voice traffic. The other reason is the uptime requirements.
the DS<X> or the old T<X> standard does not still deliver better performance, reliability or maintainability/manageability than a network cable plugged into the rack switch in a hosting facility. Also, with these sort of telco links in ( not consumer grade adsl etc ) one needs fairly expensive and hard to manage LTE kit. Then there is the p-o-f issues.
In this day and age, building out a facility inhouse only makes sense if you have hundreds or more servers or need a facility that has no internet links ( very very few of those these days ) or you are a hosting company looking to build 30,000 odd sqft space to then lease out and are going to plumb in multi fibre inbound.
Think about it - do you even want Inergen Canisters floating around a residential facility ? Halon 1301 ? Or are you going to put in a sprinker system and hope the insurance man does not test-run it and kill every bit of electric equipment you have on site.
Just my 2bits.