allanc1
join:2002-11-01
North York, ON
| reply to HiVolt
Re: DSL & Cable Not Available - What are Alternati
said by HiVolt  :Good lord, $150 for 64k ISDN. Try these guys, they offer two way satellite as well as point to point wireless. » www.broadbandontario.com/ We are running an application that requires almost 100% uptime with the fixed IP. In a nutshell, it is something called 'AS/2 Communication' which is a form of EDI. My client can be fined thousands of dollars if the service is unrealiable.
They would also be using this connection for E-mail (using Microsoft Exchange) and browsing. There would be up to 15 users at a time.
Do you still think that I should contact the above? |
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HiVolt
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Premium
join:2000-12-28
Toronto, ON
clubs:
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·Bell Sympatico
| Nah, then wireless isnt for you, and satellite DEFINITELY isn't for you.
If its such important and critical service, why don't they just pony up and pay Rogers what they want? Its as close as you're gonna get to a reliable connection and more bandwidth.
Rogers does offer static IP dedicated busines service for about $200/month if I recall.
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R0CKY
TSI Rocky
Premium,VIP
join:2005-05-19
Chatham, ON
| Thought I heard something about Terago offering SLA type services with their wireless stuff... Might be an avenue but normally I'd tend to agree with HiVolt.... DSL or Cable are pretty much the only options for cost sensitive solutions.
Bell's supposed to be coming out with SLA type DSL services soon (maybe with the coming of DSL2) but it's not going to help you right now unfortunately.
To be quite frank.... I'd say, if they're looking at thousands of dollars of fines for downtime, they should be looking at an Ethernet (E1/T1, 10Mbps) or ATM solution (DS1/DS3).... If you look around you might be able to spot a few companies that do DS1 solutions for a couple hundred per month.
Rocky
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allanc1
join:2002-11-01
North York, ON
| reply to HiVolt
said by HiVolt :Rogers does offer static IP dedicated busines service for about $200/month if I recall. Actually, I spoke to Rogers several times in the past week.
The prices on their WEB site are outdated.
Their current offering is about $99 per month with no contract and 5 static IP's with another $15 for hosting.
I know my client very well.
He would rather pay the $150 for 64k than pay $6,500 up front for multiple mb and $100 a month. |
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allanc1
join:2002-11-01
North York, ON
| reply to R0CKY
said by R0CKY :To be quite frank.... I'd say, if they're looking at thousands of dollars of fines for downtime, they should be looking at an Ethernet (E1/T1, 10Mbps) or ATM solution (DS1/DS3).... If you look around you might be able to spot a few companies that do DS1 solutions for a couple hundred per month. I have to admit that I am not that familiar with all of these terms such as E1, DS1/DS3 but ...
Wouldn't they use the Bell lines that are already laid down?
If so, and the lines don't support DSL (according to Bell), how would these other technologies be supported?
BTW - what is E1, DS1/DS3?
TIA. |
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R0CKY
TSI Rocky
Premium,VIP
join:2005-05-19
Chatham, ON
1 edit | For the most part they would use Bell lines yes.... DS1s are actually very old solutions and can be carried just about anywhere.
Companies like Bell, Sprint, GT, Megatrade (just bumped into them recently) can do this. Pricing for DS1 (approx. 1.5Mbps) can vary from $150/month to $4000/month.... the cost will mostly depend on the distance needed to deliver the service.
You might need to read up on this stuff before diving in to questioning any of the above as I believe there are many flavours available for DS1 type solutions (ie: TDM, etc...). I'm thinking, based on your questioning, you'd probably enjoy the read as it would no doubt broaden your broadband options spectrum.
Regards,
Rocky
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allanc1
join:2002-11-01
North York, ON
| said by R0CKY :You might need to read up on this stuff before diving in to questioning any of the above as I believe there are many flavours available for DS1 type solutions (ie: TDM, etc...). Will do.
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Tikker_LoS
join:2004-04-29
Regina, SK
·SaskTel Saskatchewan
| reply to allanc1
said by allanc1 :I know my client very well. He would rather pay the $150 for 64k than pay $6,500 up front for multiple mb and $100 a month. well, He either needs to pay the $$ to upgrade his service, or stop complaining
Like was said before, DSL/Cable aren't really SLA driven, and he should probably be looking at getting a T1 or something similar |
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