Advantages and Disadvantages of Frame Relay for School System Networking
Advantages:
- Reasonable WAN speed (64kbps -- 1.5Mbps)
- When T1 or Fract. T1 is the transport
- Buy bandwidth only when you need it ****
- One serial port at the central site can support multiple incoming PVCs
- Telco is responsible for insuring connectivity
Disadvantages:
- No educational tariff is currently available in Alabama.
- Full T1’s are almost always less expensive than Frame Relay (due to the edu. Tariff)
- More difficult to configure and manage properly