On Tue, 29 Aug 2000, It appears Dave Wilson said.......
> > A. No, BTopenworld do not guarantee service on ADSL connections, therefore
> > you can not use an additional ADSL line for redundancy/up-time.
> >
> > There was an article on some american site last week, about load balancing
> > across multiple ADSL lines to get a cheaper T1. Seeems their trying to nip
> > that idea in the bud as well.
>> Actually, that's not what you just quoted - if service is not guaranteed, then
> there is no advantage to having two of them *for redundancy purposes*. You're
> just as likely to lose both of them at once.
>> Load sharing is another matter :-)
Yes, indeed you are right. I was kinda reading it without the bit after
the comma. It just looked to me as if they were postioning themselves to
refuse....(well maybe refuse is not the best word)...to give people 2nd
dsl lines.
Dave
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