We've been having good results with Verizon. Couple months ago, they got EVDO backup to Internet and MPLS as well - for VPN products, and in the process of making the backend systems ready to roll out. No permanent IP yet and the IP are from Verizon Wireless. So, even though they might say it's directly from the MPLS cloud, they still have to route around and around in their networks since Internet and MPLS are from Verizon Business.
Luan Nguyen Chesapeake NetCraftsmen, LLC. www.NetCraftsmen.net -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Derick Winkworth Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 6:39 AM To: Seth Mattinen Cc: cisco-nsp Subject: Re: [c-nsp] HWIC-3G-* experience? (1) We've had good experience with this. Decent throughput, but high amount of jitter/latency. Its just another internet access method at this point... it works fine. Really its about the carrier... (2) Cables and antennas as needed for getting the signal required can be expensive if you go through the wrong channels (like Cisco... don't do it!) (3) Sprint has a flat-rate plan thats 100 bucks or so for unlimited usage. They offer great deals on cables and antennas. They also do free site-surveys, noone else does that we talked to. (4) AT&T. Variable bill rates. AT&T can work something out through their account reps where you will never be charged more than a certain amount every month, but its supposed to be for "backup only" so if you use it frequenty... you can go through your sales rep to make sure you don't get locked out or whatever. Right now, they offer a service to back-up MPLS circuits, but they manage the endpoint at your site... this is their ANIRA product. You configure VRRP on your router and they configure it on theirs. You configure whatever tracking you want so that when a failure occurs, AT&T's ANIRA router takes over and gets you back to the cloud (through the internet though)... (5) Verizon. No variable billing. The best throughput with dual-antennas. They also offer internet-to-MPLS backup like AT&T and Sprint, but you get to manage the endpoint. (6) There is no direct-to-VRF type MPLS backup at this time, but all three carriers are rolling it out from what I understand. When this occurs, the card will come up direct to the MPLS cloud. Until then, its VPN tunnel to somewhere over the internet. Permanent IP is available. Some of them can create "private" subnets on the internet for you... you get a public IP in a /27 or something and it can only talk to other IPs in that /27. hmmm... Seth Mattinen wrote: > Does anyone have any experience with the HWIC-3G-* cards in real life? > I'm considering emergency access plans using these as opposed to > traditional methods, and I'd be interested in any success or horror > stories before jumping in. > > ~Seth > _______________________________________________ > cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp > archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.175 / Virus Database: 270.8.6/1765 - Release Date: 11/3/2008 4:59 PM > > _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/ _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/
