Sasha Pachev wrote:
> So I take that's what the advantage of T1s are? I never understood
that either as DSL can go faster then a T1 and significantly cheaper,
but I haven't seen a way to combine the bandwidth for one IP. I've
also seen DC3 connections from a few ISPs that are up to 20,000 a
month. But still at a very poor bandwidth. I just don't understand
what makes these different connections so special.
Perceived value :-) Kind of like Sun hardware. Sometimes people feel
more comfortable when they have paid more, and the market is quite to
respond for the need for this warm and cozy feeling.
For the bandwidth solution - the first thing that comes to mind. If
collocation is too expensive, get as many cheap 1.5 MBit/s lines as
needed with different IP addresses and use iptables + round-robin DNS.
Near-perfect uptime is expensive, the closer you try to get to
perfect, and in many cases overvalued. I would venture to say that for
a regular web application, if your site beats the reliability of their
desktop , most of your clients will be satisfied. Once you reach a
certain point, it is wise to spend your resources on the things that
matter more especially when those resources are limited.
Like Sun hardware - come now... High end sun hardware kills PCs - On the
other hand who wants to run the family site on an E10K. :) Every tool
has a job.
-Peter
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