Re: Leased Lines vs Frame Relay w/voice over frame

Wayne,

Out here in the northwest, we had leased lines to satalite offices and checked
into frame relay.

A couple of things came up:
1) voice over frame does work but the phone company said it couldn't be done.
There is a "frame relay forum" on the net that has published several white 
papers
on voice over frame and FRAD's. Try frforum.com
2) a 56k frame relay out here is only guaranteed to be 28.8
3) Installation cost is $1,000 at each end.
4) frame cost $65/mo no long distance charges.
5) between the phone company small business ISDN (less than 20 phone circuits)
for $125 intall and $65/mo and a local ISP with "office online" for 250 hours 
the
price/performance beat frame.  This has two 64k channels and using ISP's at each
end eliminated long distance charges.  Actually the receiving end (AS/400) is on
the ISDN connection and the remote offices are using a 56k dial and Wingate to
connect via Telnet.
6) Security was not an issue.

HTH

James W. Kilgore
qappdsn@ibm.net



JacksonLea; A unit of Jason, Incorporated wrote:

> JacksonLea has 4 remote locations scattered all over North America.  When I
> started this job the leased lines were already in place and I had other
> priorities.  Now, I am considering switching from leased lines to frame
> relay.  I am familiarly with all the reasons for switching.  What I am
> hoping to get from this group is actual AS/400 leased line to frame relay
> experience (war stories).  I am especially want to hear about up time from
> someone who is not a marketing weasel.
>
> I am also considering voice over frame relay.  Has anyone had this
> experience.  How did the users react.
>
>
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