On 2015/04/12 15:34, Rod Beck wrote: > 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.
Ah I see - so buying a protected circuit is the cheap option, for people who can't manage their own protection and are willing to accept more points of failure as a trade-off?
