Hi Mark, It is more cumbersome to buy lots of unprotected circuits as opposed to fewer protected cirucits. Buying is more complicated. Contracting is more complicated. Managing is more complicated. And more expertise is needed to buy at the cable system.
The costs are real. It is called administrative overhead and that is why so many large companies try to limit the number of telecom vendors. Becomes a cost black hole. That is why smaller players will buy a route protected 20 meg FE as opposed to two buying two unprotected 20 meg FE. A certain size is required to make the transition to buying point-to-point 10 or 100 gig waves on different systems and managing that. An IP backbone will never lease a protected 10 gig wave. Unheard of. But smaller players will and it simply reflects those business costs that engineers often ignore. Engineers are paid to be concerned about network and not overhead. I think we have run this subject into the ground and I suggest we end it here. I vote to end it and move on. Roderick Beck Sales Director/Europe and the Americas Hibernia Networks This e-mail and any attachments thereto is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may be proprietary and/or legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this email, and any attachments thereto, without the prior written permission of the sender is strictly prohibited. If you receive this e-mail in error, please immediately telephone or e-mail the sender and permanently delete the original copy and any copy of this e-mail, and any printout thereof. All documents, contracts or agreements referred or attached to this e-mail are SUBJECT TO CONTRACT. The contents of an attachment to this e-mail may contain software viruses that could damage your own computer system. While Hibernia Networks has taken every reasonable precaution to minimize this risk, we cannot accept liability for any damage that you sustain as a result of software viruses. You should carry out your own virus checks before opening any attachment.
