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May 29, 2000
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How We Tested WAN Pricing Services
By Darrin Woods, Network Computing
esting for pricing services involved designing a fictional network for which the participants provided quotes. We designed a fully meshed network among San Mateo, Calif.; Madison, Wis.; Syracuse, N.Y.; and Dallas.The Dallas site had a port speed of 256 Kbps, while the other three had port speeds of 512 Kbps. Committed information rates (CIRs) from Dallas to the other sites were 32 Kbps, while San Mateo, Madison, and Syracuse connected to each other via 128-Kbps CIRs. We then designed a permanent virtual circuit (PVC) between Chicago and Madison, and PVCs between Manhasset, N.Y., and Washington to connect to Syracuse. Each of these three smaller sites had 56-Kbps ports and 32-Kbps CIRs.
WinPricer from Salestar/Network Analysis Center required us to load three CDs and one diskette onto a Wintel machine, while Telco Exchange's and LDCircuit's services are available from any Java browser connected to the Net.
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