Labels:text | screenshot | font OCR: Figure 2 According to a study by Strategic Networks Consulting Inc ., remote network costs break down into administrative, WAN Services Administration WAN service and equipment network areas. 34.6% 44.7% At 44.7 percent of overall costs, administrative costs were the largest costs component. Administration includes network administration and configuration, day-to-day oper- ations, performance management, reconfigurations and other changes, such as adding remote sites. The second highest expense of remote networking, WAN service costs usually consume 34.6 percent of a remote network's budget. WAN services include leased lines, access charges and other usage fees The third area, equipment costs, accounts for 20.7 percent of remote networking costs. Equipment 20.7%
