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You could always plug an FDDI card into the back of the Netedge. -Deepak. On Wed, 9 Jul 1997, Joe Shaw wrote: > Anyone out there using UUNet's 10 plus setup? We were one of the original > beta testers, and have had consistant complaints about the performance of > the link because of the 10Mbps ethernet handoff to us. We can only get > around 6Mbps out of the link before it hoses, and we know that's really > what you're going to get out of 10Mbit ethernet, which is why we've asked > for a different handoff meathod. Also, they charge us $2000 for local > loop to run us to a building downtown, and from there it comes back into > the building we're in, into a room down the hall from our NOC. They have > their own reasons for this I'm sure, but no one's been able to tell me > why. Our problem is that we've maxed out our supposed 10Mbps link, so > they want us to get a metered DS3, charging us $4000 more a month, plus a > setup fee. Now, under current UUNet performance, it's not likely we're > going to do anything like that. It makes no sense to pay $4000 more, plus > a $2000 install fee to get mediocre performance out of them. > > My question is, has anyone else out there with 10Plus service gotten a > different handoff from UUNet? If so, how'd you get them to do it, and if > not, did you ask? We've been quite upset with UUNet for the past 5 > months, and seriously considering dropping them down to a t1 and using the > DS3 we just had installed from anouther carrier as our main path to the > net, but that does away with being really multi-homed. Any suggestions, > questions, or comments would be appreciated. Once again, I understand > that you only get 6Mbps out of a 10Mbps ethernet link, I just want to know > why UUNet won't deliver a better handoff to their 10Plus customers and > allow them to actually get 10Mbps. I guess they're going to try pushing > tiered DS3 service, and if so, why even have 10Plus access? Doesn't make > sense, unless you're a marketer... > > Joe Shaw - [email protected] > NetAdmin - Insync Internet Services > "Learn more, and you will never starve." - Paraphrase of Lee > >
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