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Article #232Re: The state of the STL
From: Neil
Date: Sun, 07 Apr 2013 02:33
Date: Sun, 07 Apr 2013 02:33
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On 4/6/13 9:12 AM, John Higdon wrote: > In article <kiu3pq$tsf$1@dont-email.me>, Carl Zwanzig <zbang@radix.net> > wrote: > >> I've been out of this for a while... >> >> What are stations using these days for wireline STL? Direct T1? ISDN? Any >> IP-based systems? (Would you trust "the network"?) What about backup links? >> Anyone still have analog lines? > > At my little station group, we will shortly be using our own digital > microwave network to carry programming to main transmitters and > boosters. No AT&T. No Verizon. No crappy Moseley toy UHF gear or lame > digital STLs. We're talking the real thing: 300Mbps, bi-directional > (symmetrical, of course), IP and native TDM, and it is all ours. No > monthly charges, on licensed bands that are far better coordinated than > any Part 74 nonsense. > > I'm not at all sorry to kiss all those ancient means goodbye. The > equipment is already in place and the licenses granted. We're just > taking care of last minute details regarding our new LAN. > Two questions, purely for curiosity: 1. Is it fully redundant? Not just the gear, but also the pathing, such that there's no single point of failure that can leave one or more locations dead in the water? 2. What's the payback period, and when you hit it, what's the anticipated savings?
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From: Neil <weiserguy@sonic.net>
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Subject: Re: The state of the STL
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