Hi Folks,
One of my customers has been approached by Shaw recently. Shaw would like to put up a cell tower on their property and very close to their building. They have offered a lump sum per year but are not willing to "comp" the internet access. Currently I have 2 DSL lines onsite. One 1.5 MBit and the second is a 2.5 Mbit connection. Neither line is anywhere near the speed that it should be. We're simply too far down the line. I'd asked Shaw for a quote on bring in cable to their location and was told that it would be $50,000 to the door!! Currently we run two networks, one staff with about 20 users max with limited wireless access and a student network with a maximum of 75 student users, the majority of them on wireless. I'm using commercial grade access points and the main complaint is the lack of speed, both wired and wireless. This is especially so during school hours. Shaw has offered us 10Mbps fibre access, 50 GB/month on a 3 year term at $395.00 per month. I'm unsure what the current usage is but I'd expect that it will increase if we go ahead with the deal. In addition to the two networks we might add a separate 4 systems on another IP with a VPN connection to an Exchange server in Toronto. I'd like to backup our file server to a remote location in the future. So, what are your thoughts on this? Will this connection be fast enough for us? Do you thing the 50GB a month will suffice? I realize you are guessing but thought you may have clients in similar situations. Thanks for your help with this one, Dave Watkins www.calgaryitservices.com 403-701-5746
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