VPNs are financially speaking __________

A. Always more expensive than leased lines
B. Always cheaper than leased lines

C. Usually cheaper than leased lines

D. Usually more expensive than leased lines

Explanation: The services of a VPN are cheaper for moderate to large scale institutional networks than the services of leased lines. Though for a small scale network, it does not prove to be as beneficial as the costs are not reduced to a great degree as compared to leased lines.

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