Ok, I need to justify increasing our pipeline to our remote locations, from 512k to 768k. Will only cost and additional $66/month, so this won’t have to be a real detailed breakdown.
I just need to be able to explain it other than than “It will speed up the connection”. Speed is not a justification.
We are not dropping packets, but this is also our “slow time”.
We are using VoIP across the lines.
Other traffic is our email (Lotus Notes), access to our Intranet to get pdf’s, Autocad prints, and shipping/manufacturing scheduleds.
Internet goes out over that same line.
We are using Cisco 2801’s at all locations.
At this time, I don’t have anything to show bandwidth or the what is using it, but I do have a call into our provider to try to get this information.
Anyone know of a good resource to explain the need for bandwidth to a non-techie, it would be GREAT!
Also, if you know of any tools that would help me to pull numbers of our existing usage, it would be even greater!
Thanks!
jd
