Route diversity is the property of two or more circuits between the same end points that they share no physical element whose failure would stop both: no duct, cable, building entry, room, piece of equipment or power supply.
| Design | Availability | Expected | 95th pct. | Annual cost | Loss at 2 000 |
| (%) | (min/yr) | (min/yr) | (kUSD) | USD/min (kUSD) | |
| One circuit | 99.9088 | 479.6 | 1 541 | 139.2 | 959 |
| Two circuits in one duct | 99.9315 | 360.4 | 1 992 | 278.4 | 721 |
| Two diverse circuits | 99.99992 | 0.4 | 0 | 320.2 | 0.9 |
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