Re: The state of the STL

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From: John Higdon
Date: Sun, 07 Apr 2013 05:31

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In article <51606ce1$0$52777$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net>,
 Neil <weiserguy@sonic.net> wrote:

> 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?

Yes, we have redundancy but it is a fall-back just to keep things from 
going silent. But that redundancy constitutes last resort backup. The 
system itself is hardened to a great degree against weather, electrical, 
and single radio failure. It's a pretty tough bird to kill.

But are you aware that not only is any failure in the system far less 
likely than the failure of a telco T1 circuit, but the repair of any 
failure can be accomplished far faster than it takes to get telco to 
restore a downed T1. If we could live with telco, we will thrive with 
this when it comes to reliability.

> 2. What's the payback period, and when you hit it, what's the 
> anticipated savings?

The payback period is around two years. After that, the monthly cost 
(for rent at one relay site) is down in the noise, so to speak.

-- 
John Higdon
+1 775 253 3838

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Subject: Re: The state of the STL
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