[BC] counting the nines

[Broadcast List USER]

Dana:

I have had Cable Internet, then DSL, then Cable at my home.  I have
had DSL, Cable and T-1s at various other locations.

There is NO WAY cable or DSL is four nines.  Not only that, but when
it goes out, they are treated as what they are, consumer products.
Verizon, Southwest Bell, Qwest, and AT&T (the ones I have had for DSL)
really don't care one whit about the customer.  They will get to it
when they get to it.  Same for cable, though I have only worked with
three companies.  They just don't care.  You go into the queue with
everyone else, and they will fix it when they feel like it.

My HD DVR is broken right now.  ComCrap has sent out the wrong
equipment TWICE, and a technician has called TWO MORE TIMES to tell me
he is on the way, but what is the problem.  OH, I don't have that
equipment with me.  It has been out eight days so far, and OCTOBER 16
is the earliest they think they may be able to replace the equipment.

Now, a T-1 is different.  Yep, it is quite a bit more expensive by
about a factor of five.  It is slower by a factor of two to 12 times.
However, it is a commercial, point to point connection that doesn't
touch the public Internet.  Yes, I know it uses the same facilities in
many cases, but that is only because the public Internet is in other
T-1s inside the same T-3, or higher capacity circuit.

When a T-1 goes out, they go to work right away.  The ONLY time I have
ever had any trouble getting a T-1 or better fixed is when one end is
controlled by one phone company, and the other controlled by a
different phone company.  Sometimes, they point figures.

Hey, I have bought and used the Barix boxes.  I have used them to
monitor out of town stations, and as a listen line for multiple
people.  They work great, but they are no primary STL.  For one thing,
I will not accept the quality reduction of that much compression.

Then again, I always worked in major market radio, or more recently,
for small market radio that was run like it is in a major market.  No
cutting of corners (OK, some, but not much.).

--chip

On Sep 30, 2009, at 8:07 PM, broadcast-request at radiolists.net wrote:

>From: "Dana  Puopolo" <dpuopolo at usa.net>
>
>I work with Barix. With a good Internet connection on both ends, we
>are seeing
>about 4 nines reliability with these units-at LEAST as good as you
>get with a
>program loop-AND the quality is FAR better then you get with the
>average
>analog loop.
>
>Most people who buy these units for back up use wind up using them
>as their
>main link and relegate the other for back-up service.
>
>Don't get me wrong-I ALWAYS recommend backups for everything-one
>should NEVER
>put all their eggs into one basket!
>
>-D
>
>From: Broadcast List USER <Broadcast at fetrow.org>
>
>For God's sake, going over the Public Internet is asking for trouble.
>Some day, some event is going to happen, and you are going to loose
>your STL.

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