On Mon, 18 Oct 1999 15:19:25 +0200 (MET DST)
Niels Bakker <niels@euro.net> wrote:
> Out of curiosity, why not use T3's instead? The trend among telcos is to
> charge the same for both since they have to reserve the same amount of
> bandwidth on their SDH networks. I'm not a Bellhead so I could be wrong
> about this, but I believe a T3 is easier for them to deliver than an E3
> because they need less hardware to convert stuff (STM1 and T3 are both
> VC4? I heard).
>
Its historical, we have E3s in certain locations until the telcos
woke up and started to offer DS-3's.
E3 and DS-3 use the same VC, STM-1 is a VC-3. There is no additional
effort, just config. At the moment I have alot of PA-2E3's that I'd like to
use, maybe I'll try and trade them...
What cisco and others should really have done is to offer a E3/T3
switchable card, I believe some vendors have already done this.
Regards,
Neil.
-- Neil J. McRae C O L T I N T E R N E T neil@COLT.NET
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