Thanks guys for all the good comments. I'm going to look into the standard
mux/imux stuff, but the ATM IMA solution sounds interesting. How many out
there have implemented this? Is it reliable? (ATM has been a bit flaky
for me in the past.) How does the cost per ATM line compare to standard T1
per line?
Craig
At 06:06 PM 1/17/2001 -0800, you wrote:
>Check with you local carriers to see if they can provide you with ATM IMA
>service.
>
>This is pretty neat. Cisco and other vendors have products which allow you
>to take in ATM lines in increments of 1.54 mbs ( T1 ). These are ATM
>circuits. For a Cisco 26xx router or above, you can purchase ATM IMA cards
>with 4 or 8 port capacity, meaning up to 12 mbs total bandwidth. As you add
>T1's the IMA multiplexes those into one fat pipe.
>
>The nice thing is this can grow with you.
>
>As with everything else in the data comm world, YMMV
>
>Chuck
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