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For an absolute base model, you could get the Cisco ISR 881. On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 3:35 PM, George William Herbert <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Matthew: >>> Mike Lyon: >>>> Matthew: >>>>> George: >> >>>>> Is there anyone who has successfully gotten DSL for out of band back >> >>>> Why would it not be better to get an Ethernet cross-connect to >> >>> Or get an ISR with a 3G GSM card? >> >> >>I thought of that too right after I hit send... But I don't see many >>scenarios where that is any better > > Somewhat less likely to have common mode (backhoe, etc) failures if > it's DSL (or a 3G GSM or so forth). > > We had a two-provider common mode failure at another site, and I've had > several in the past at other clients, one of which made it onto CNN... > So I now try to provision something more resistant to that. > > Note "resistant" not proof - I've also had enough "got groomed together" > failures including the uplinks for DSL providers and cell providers to > believe that these are truly guaranteed independent. But we're trying > to do an acceptably reliably separated choice without going to Iridium > or Hughesnet. > > > -george william herbert > [email protected] > > >
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