Quoting Rick Engebretson (eng at pinenet.com):
> How are all these little business clusters configured ?? A shared T1 or 
> SONET (eg. frame relay) seems like a natural building service: just like 
> water, sewer, power, and heat. With all the new top level domains there 
> should be a huge increase in web site need. 
> 
> People want to control their access. Dedicated T1 access is overkill in 
> hardware for most. The utilities role should be limited to maintaining 
> the wiring. Web hosting is also an imposed service layer. Frame relay is 
> the economical way to grow a network.

It's the American way. More, more, more. You'd be surprised what many business
-think- they need. They all want point-to-point so they know the cir is the best
they can get. Using frame, they might not get the bandwidth they "need".
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