value of co-location

This breaks down when the connection speed goes from DS-3 to OC-3.

--Kent

LAN speeds can keep up with WAN speeds at OC-3, just use ATM.

>Get a 100Mb FDDI or Ethernet connection between the two colocated
>routers.
>
>Then bring in multiple Fast packet services into your router which then
>aggregates out the LAN port.
>
>
This breaks down when the connection speed goes from DS-3 to OC-3.

I understand this (I think :), but I've a theoretical question.

Assuming the following:

  T1 T1 T1 T1 ...
  > > > > >
  R R R R R [R = router]