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From: Henry Tang
Hi,
I know this is not suse related, but i think someone here can answer my question concering a backup line for t1. I have a store and it needs to communicate with an outisde server and be on the net. I heard that a t1 is suppose to be up 99.9 percent of the time, so is it necessary to have a backup, maybe like an isdn? Has anyone experienced a t1 going down?
YES, T1's can go down just like any other connection. A backup connection most likely will not be good if they are by the same provider. And you may not be able to actually get a second connection by another provider using there own coppper. In the U.S. a phone company usually has control over -all- of the copper in a geographic area. Ken