Hi Dave, 50GB doesn't sound like a lot to me. I don't track my own utilization (new project!) but would expect it to be in that neighbourhood. I don't know what your customer does but I routinely use web-meetings, VoIP phone, VPN access to remote sites and upload software releases.
Viewed from another perspective, 10Mb/s * 3600s/hr * 24hr/day * 30days/month is 2.5TB. 50GB out of 2.5TB is a line utilization of 2% - hardly stressing the last mile connection. There is a third way. How much bandwidth can you get by putting in a 3G access point? I'm paying $30/6GB. Using that metric it would scale to about 80GB for $400.00. Speed varies and the carrier will hate you but that's their problem not yours. You can probably reduce the bandwidth requirements by using Squid (or any other caching web proxy). That won't cache the Google searches but it'll probably cache a lot of the resulting pages. The other thing you can do to manage bandwidth is have the switch/router shape the connections so that the few don't dominate the many in usage as well as applying an aggregate cap on bandwidth. Cheers, J.J. On Sat, 2011-03-12 at 01:00 -0700, Dave Watkins 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 _______________________________________________ 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
