Once upon a time, Ricky Beam <jfb...@gmail.com> said: > Ethernet is cheap because it's everywhere, and built into almost > everything. (however, the likes of Cisco and Juniper still charge insane > amounts for line cards, be they ethernet, T1, or OC48.) Given the choice > of buying a $4k DS3 card or just plugging into an existing, builtin > ethernet port, which do you think most people will choose?
Also, if you are plugging in a lower-speed link, you can plug ethernet in a <$1000 switch and trunk it to a router, while a mux for T1/T3/OCx circuits costs a lot more. -- Chris Adams <cmad...@hiwaay.net> Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble.