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Written by: Justin James 5/13/2008 12:24 PM
I like to do things right. Sadly, sometimes doing things "right" gets in the way of doing them well, or doing them at all. In my most recent case, I needed to stop trying to set my network up "right", and do it "wrong". Now, instead of looking like an enterprise network like I wanted, it resembles a residential network on steroids. In reality, it actually makes sense... it is founded on residential technology (Verizon FiOS), after all, which just does not support the networking schemes that enterprise networks use. All in all, the question really is, "does it meet our needs?" And in this case, I'll take the 30/5 service for a few hudred dollars and a residential-style networking scheme over 1.5/1.5 and an enterprise-style networking scheme any day of the week. J.Ja
I like to do things right. Sadly, sometimes doing things "right" gets in the way of doing them well, or doing them at all. In my most recent case, I needed to stop trying to set my network up "right", and do it "wrong". Now, instead of looking like an enterprise network like I wanted, it resembles a residential network on steroids. In reality, it actually makes sense... it is founded on residential technology (Verizon FiOS), after all, which just does not support the networking schemes that enterprise networks use. All in all, the question really is, "does it meet our needs?" And in this case, I'll take the 30/5 service for a few hudred dollars and a residential-style networking scheme over 1.5/1.5 and an enterprise-style networking scheme any day of the week.
J.Ja
4 comments so far...
Right Tool for the Right Job? Of course you'd like it "Just so", but what were your needs and resourses? One doesn't really need the Porshe, to get to the store and buy some milk. -d
Right Tool for the Right Job?
Of course you'd like it "Just so", but what were your needs and resourses? One doesn't really need the Porshe, to get to the store and buy some milk. -d
Re: Sometimes the "wrong" way is the "right" way I'd sure *prefer* the Porsche, even just as a grocery getter. Actually, probably not, my Grand Marquis has a lot more trunk space. :)J.Ja
Re: Sometimes the "wrong" way is the "right" way
I'd sure *prefer* the Porsche, even just as a grocery getter. Actually, probably not, my Grand Marquis has a lot more trunk space. :)J.Ja
It's residential service and management, but it's state of the art transport "it is founded on residential technology (Verizon FiOS)"It's residential service and management, but it's state of the art transport and it seems to be extremely reliable from everything I've heard. Sure you can't run your own Internet-facing BGP router and you can't get them to do a point-to-point link with a /30 sized subnet so that you have a little more flexibility with the subnet-pool, but the reliability and insane speed and low price is invaluable.Now I'd be willing to pay more money (T1 prices) for an Enterprise-Class service if there was there were higher-end service like being able to run BGP and get a /30 subnet connection to the CO. If that's not available, I'll take what Verizon FiOS gives me over any T1 service any day.George Ou
It's residential service and management, but it's state of the art transport
"it is founded on residential technology (Verizon FiOS)"It's residential service and management, but it's state of the art transport and it seems to be extremely reliable from everything I've heard. Sure you can't run your own Internet-facing BGP router and you can't get them to do a point-to-point link with a /30 sized subnet so that you have a little more flexibility with the subnet-pool, but the reliability and insane speed and low price is invaluable.Now I'd be willing to pay more money (T1 prices) for an Enterprise-Class service if there was there were higher-end service like being able to run BGP and get a /30 subnet connection to the CO. If that's not available, I'll take what Verizon FiOS gives me over any T1 service any day.George Ou
Re: Sometimes the "wrong" way is the "right" way When I call it "residential technology", that refers to things like the way IP addressing gets handled and the current customer base more than anything else. ISDN is an "enterprise technology" for similar reasons, despite the brief period of time when telcos were trying to sell ISDN to home users.J.Ja
When I call it "residential technology", that refers to things like the way IP addressing gets handled and the current customer base more than anything else. ISDN is an "enterprise technology" for similar reasons, despite the brief period of time when telcos were trying to sell ISDN to home users.J.Ja
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