[c-nsp] Any gotcha's using this setup to terminate a bunch of T-1's

[Justin M. Streiner]

On Wed, 26 Apr 2006, Peter Kranz wrote:

> Anyone see any issues with the following config for a cheap way to terminate
> a bunch of T-1's?
>
> 7206 chassis w/ Single AC
> NPE-200
> C7200-I/O-FE
> 4 PA-MC-8T1 Cards

It depends on what services you plan to provide to those T1-connected 
locations and what levels of traffic you want to handle.  Forget about 
full BGP feeds on an NPE-200, plus it won't take much traffic to really 
tax the CPU.

Also, depending on the telco that's handing you these T1s, it may be 
cheaper to have them delivered to you over a channelized DS3, then 
terminate that in a PA-MC-T3 or PA-MC-T3+ on your router.  Some telcos 
charge significantly more for a T1 with two channel terminations (one at 
the remote site, one facing your router).  A channelized DS3 would 
eliminate one channel termination for each T1.

jms