OT, what is the _expected_ latency on each hop/ADM in the SDH/SONET network?
HTH, Dan #13685 (RS/Sec/SP) The CCIE troubleshooting blog: http://dans-net.com Bring order to your Private VLAN network: http://marathon-networks.com On Sun, Sep 9, 2012 at 6:20 PM, Robert E. Seastrom <r...@seastrom.com> wrote: > > > Will Orton <w...@loopfree.net> writes: > > > I've considered using J's PE-4CHOC3-CE-SFP (OC3 emulated SAToP), then I > > could do it all with gig-e underneath. Does anyone make a cheaper OC3 > > circuit emulation module or box? Most likely the customer wouldn't believe > > such a thing is possible and we'd have to put something in the contract > > allowing them SLA credit if their OC3 suffers too many timing slips or > > something. > > And so you find yourself at the intersection of two timeless maxims: > > 1) The customer is always right, but not everyone needs to be our customer. > > 2) Don't say no to the customer, let the customer say no thanks. > > Time to model the cost/benefit/profit margin of having these folks as > a customer at all (I'd imagine that this circuit is not the only thing > that they buy from you or you'd be running away even today). What are > your engineering costs for this trick? Are you passing that on to the > customer? > > You may find it advantageous to do a pricing model where you do > circuit emulation on a hope-for-the-best basis and count on a maximum > SLA payout every month (and still make money). Then if you fail to > pay SLA credits from time to time, that's pure gravy. > > -r > > >
