Hi Ramesh: (regarding going with 2 lines to 1 ISP that Don@Blacksun posted)
>>I totally agree with this solution: Instead of going to two different ISP, I would say going through a Larger ISP with two different POP locations, will give pretty much good redundancy and BGP will be much much cheaper for you to use. You can do lot of things like secure redundancy, spliting the traffic or diverting in incoming and out going traffic, VPN traffic ...etc. This solution, Iam in a process of implementing using UUNET two different POP locations with BGP next week. I have taken this decission, after going through lot of research.<< One thing though, WCOM is in bad financial shape. They could be in chap 11 in the next 18-24 months. (look at their debt load!) That will not help UUnet.. I've been through 2 bankrupt providers (Northpoint in NYC) and PSInet. It's not fun and it's a great reason to deal with the headache of 2 carriers. I should talk, at the time I took my current position my 2 carriers were Northpoint & PSI! ;-) There are some *very* sound technical & budgetary reasons to go with one provider, but in the current climate I think it is well to consider financial health as well. Your carriers balance sheet could be your new SPF. Even in good times it takes 45-60 days to provision a new circuit so change is not easy or quick.. Just free advice, and worth every cent. ;-) - Joe ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. www.mimesweeper.com ********************************************************************** ================================================= To set vacation, Out Of Office, or away messages, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] in the BODY of the email add: set fw-1-mailinglist nomail ================================================= To unsubscribe from this mailing list, please see the instructions at http://www.checkpoint.com/services/mailing.html ================================================= If you have any questions on how to change your subscription options, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] =================================================
