frame relay

[carl_townshend]

Hi all, can anyone tell me what speeds you can get frame relay on in the uk ?

[Tim Smith]

Hi Carl,

Normal frame relay usually goes up to around the 2Mbps mark for the access. The standard Cisco serial WIC's top out at 2Mbps as well.

You can have a guaranteed rate (CIR) of anything under that. Probably usually in 16kbps increments.

Depending on how many sites you have - a lot of company's are going for IP WAN style solutions. This way you can have 1 network with different access pipes to each office. Frame relay, DSL, Ethernet. Much more flexible approach.

Cheers,

Tim.

[kevindickerson]

Hi Carl,

What speed do you want! you can get anything from 64kbps up to 622Mbps. You can also get Gigabit Ethernet services depending upon the distances involved.

Regards

Kevin

[carl_townshend]

well, what media can you run frame relay over, does it have to be serial ?