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Where are they in relation to this map? http://efirehose.net/images/coverageNov1.jpg Mel On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 1:00 AM, Dave Watkins <li...@calgaryitservices.com>wrote: > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > clug-talk@clug.ca > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying >
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