full-disclosure - Security benefits of spliting services between two ISP providers

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Date: Fri May 20 15:16:41 2005
From: laszlof at tvog.net (Frank Laszlo)
Subject: Security benefits of spliting services between
	two ISP providers


Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu wrote:

>On Wed, 18 May 2005 09:14:56 EDT, Frank Laszlo said:
>  
>
>>You never really want to utilize 100% of your bandwidth, you should 
>>always have some "extra" bandwidth "just in case." Sure, there are costs 
>>involved, but as a business, surely one could make the decision on 
>>whether or not to push it as an expense, or take the risk of only having 
>>1 connection. I personally wouldnt split the services between the two 
>>ISPs, I would simple have another connection for those "just in case" 
>>situations. If a business relies heavily on internet, you shouldnt be 
>>worried about a few extra bucks for a redundent connection. Just my 2 cents.
>>    
>>
>
>When a "few extra bucks" is $2,000/month, you start looking at it differently.
>
>(NetworkVirginia commercial pricing is $1175/mo for a T-1 (1.5mbits), and if the
>original poster has 3mbits/sec, it's 2 T-1s. So $2,000/mo isn't just a wild-ass
>guess).
>  
>

You really have to put it into perspective. $2,000/mo to a small company 
is a lot of money, sure. But overall, any medium to large size company 
will find it a very small investment for an even greater return. The 
return being redudency. Which is why i said it woulc be a corporate 
decision to make such an investment. If they company can afford it, By 
all means they should.

Regards,
    Frank