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T1 Load Balancing

I have a Cisco 2610 with one Full T and one half T.  Both with different IP spaces from the ISP.  (Could they have the same IP space?)  How could the load balancing be done with a full and a fractional T?
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As long as it's the same ISP, you can use two equal cost default routes to your provider.

ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 68.x.x.1
ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 68.x.x.2

This will essentially load balance between the two T1's.
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But one is only a fractional T.  Doesn't that matter?
No, it doesn't matter with static routes.  One link will be faster than the other, thats all.  If you were running a routing protocol with your ISP, it would matter as the full T1 would be used first, the second would be used as a backup link, unless you manipulated the route cost.
If one packet is sent to each T, the frac T will "run out" of bandwidth first but packet will still be sent to that T, correct?
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I think that points should be split between:

jfredrick
lrmoore

Both methods would work, and are equally valid answers.

-Justin
Very gracious Justin but I think it should be split 3 ways between:

lrmoore
cmsJustin
JFrederick29

We all contributed to the answer and had good information.