T1 Circuit Emulation over IP?

[goldboyd]

Currently at work we have a decent sized ATM network (~30 locations). We mostly transport data, however we do transport a few T1's through the ATM cloud. We're beginning to plan the process of migrating away from that to a more standard IP/ethernet(1000BASE-ZX between the locations) network. Does anybody have any recommendations or advice on products/technologies to emulate these T1's over IP?

Thanks in advance.

--Steve

 

[Garion]

I assume this is for voice? I haven't used their products but Engage Communication makes their "IPTube-T1" which encapsulates T1's over Ethernet - Might be what you're looking for.

- G

 

[ScottMac]

If the replacement pipes are point-to-point, why emulate the T1? If it's for voice, you can put "telephone" interfaces in a router and move the voice traffic over data media.

Alternatives might be (depending on your PBX) to add VoIP trunk cards in the PBX: if the quality bandwidth is available, it travels over the data network....if it's not, then it routes to a traditional PSTN connection. You don't want to give up PSTN completely, even the biggest of Frame and ATM clouds / networks can go down.

What's the goal?

Jus' curious

Scott