| This is by no means meant to be an all inclusive | | | | (bandwidth) size you have. This will also cache |
| answer .... but will at least point you in the right | | | | commonly transmitted bits to save bandwidth |
| direction for the best bandwidth solution for your | | | | costs .... and utilize your WAN circuits efficiently, |
| network. | | | | while improving end-user application performance |
| If you are in a local metro area where providers | | | | over the WAN since those appliances simulate |
| can service your building with ethernet service to | | | | LAN performance with the built-in algorithms. |
| all your offices .... that may be cheaper than | | | | Network latency over microwave isn't all that |
| getting a TDM circuit such as DS3 Bandwidth. If | | | | great if you are over 8+ miles. I do NOT |
| they cannot serve all your locations with "on-net" | | | | recommend it. Though it provides the necessary |
| ethernet service, then perhaps you can look for a | | | | bandwidth most of the time... it just isn't as fast |
| DS-3 burstable or tiered pricing plan to save costs | | | | as fiber or electrical signals. But that is probably a |
| and only pay for the bandwidth you will be using | | | | better backup/redundancy solution than DSL since |
| on average. | | | | it provides more bandwidth. If the WAN |
| Also look into using MPLS VPN service instead of | | | | acceleration appliances are in there .... and you |
| a dedicated point to point. It is typically a more | | | | were to failover to Microwave, it will at least try |
| cost effective solution to establish IP connectivity | | | | to compensate for the excess latency to that. |
| between "x" number of offices. Be sure to | | | | The end-user performance wouldn't be horrible, |
| consider your applications in the decision too ... not | | | | perhaps just acceptable instead of optimal. End |
| just number of users or locations to cover. | | | | users are spoiled after using WAN acceleration! |
| For example, say you have large 3D modeling | | | | If you would like some help navigating through all |
| files. If the data transmission is TCP based, then I | | | | the decision you need to make .... you can get |
| also suggest to look into some WAN acceleration | | | | free assistance to find the best solution fit for |
| appliances such as Riverbed, Cisco WAAS, or | | | | your specific situaution from FreedomFire |
| Juniper WX to take advantage of the pipe | | | | Communications. |