On 3/6/2010 7:28 AM, Joel Snyder wrote:
Patrick Giagnocavo <patr...@zill.net> wrote:
>Isn't this really an issue (political) with tariffed T1 prices rather
>than a technical problem?
>I was told that most T1s are provisioned over a DSLAM these days
>anyways, and that the key difference between T1 and DSL was the SLA
>(99.99% guarantee vs. "when we get it fixed").
I don't know about anything other than Qwest-land in Arizona, but we
are seeing the few T1s that are still in service provisioned as you
described: a 2-wire DSL connection, although not out of a local DSLAM.
Here in Maine, they use HDSL (two pair) to supply T1. They put
repeaters down the line or work it out of a SLICK. The bridge taps and
side taps are removed from the loops (conditioned) and then there's the
SLA. I learned to always have a spare CSU/DSU on site.
--Curtis
