what is our connection considered example t1 t2?

http://www.linode.com/products/network.cfm

I have read every page of linode very imformative at 3 times, also i have read every message in this forum twice.

I think i am retarded. What is a good basic example what our linodes are setting, I can understand and have a gripe on t1 a little bit so maybe is the linode two times more that t1 or three times or what ??? times. thanks

The Linode cluster network at The Planet has several connections to several backbone networks. The slowest links are the two OC3 connections to UUNet and ATT. These operate at 155Mbps, which a little over 100 times the speed of a T1 line. Next is the connection to InterNAP, which strictly speaking isn't a backbone network, but that's neither here nor there. The type of line is unspecified in the URL I previously posted, but it is listed as "2x100Mbps", which is about 133 times the speed of a T1 line. I think that it's probably two fast ethernet connections, possibly bridged over ATM. The two fastest connections operate at 1Gbps, which is about 667 times the speed of T1. One of them is an unspecified "5x100Mbps" link to Cogent, which I think is probably five fast ethernet connections (again, possibly bridged over ATM). The other is an unspecified "1Gbps" link to Qwest, probably gigabit ethernet, possibly bridged.

The sum total of these five connections is 2.51 gigabits per second of capacity, which is equivalent to approximately 1673 T1 lines. For sake of absurdity, that's about 45 thousand 56K modems.

I haven't really looked at the setup at HE, and I'm not likely to, since my linode is at The Planet.

Sorry, I made a miscalculation in my previous post. The the "5x100Mbps" to Cogent is 500Mbps, not 1Gbps. That makes the total 2.01Gbps, or equivalent to about 1340 T1 lines.

@inkblot:

The Linode cluster network at The Planet has several connections to several backbone networks. The slowest links are the two OC3 connections to UUNet and ATT. These operate at 155Mbps, which a little over 100 times the speed of a T1 line. Next is the connection to InterNAP, which strictly speaking isn't a backbone network, but that's neither here nor there. The type of line is unspecified in the URL I previously posted, but it is listed as "2x100Mbps", which is about 133 times the speed of a T1 line. I think that it's probably two fast ethernet connections, possibly bridged over ATM. The two fastest connections operate at 1Gbps, which is about 667 times the speed of T1. One of them is an unspecified "5x100Mbps" link to Cogent, which I think is probably five fast ethernet connections (again, possibly bridged over ATM). The other is an unspecified "1Gbps" link to Qwest, probably gigabit ethernet, possibly bridged.

The sum total of these five connections is 2.51 gigabits per second of capacity, which is equivalent to approximately 1673 T1 lines. For sake of absurdity, that's about 45 thousand 56K modems.

I haven't really looked at the setup at HE, and I'm not likely to, since my linode is at The Planet.

stunned

You forgot to say it's a T1340 line ;)

@You_Wish:

I think i am retarded.

I can't tell you how many times I've wondered if I am. {grin}

Schof

Least you haven't reached certainty.

-Ashen

lol well we all are retared in our own special way =P :lol:

I'm working on the certification!