His quote is for a fiber connection. That price seems to be inline with what we were quoted (our quote included a PRI). You can purchase larger blocks of bandwidth but this connection is synchronous, that is 10 Mbit up and down. Your cable modem may do 15 Mbit down but only 1 Mbit up.
This is not an apples to apples comparison. By the sounds of it, a Shaw "Extreme" cable modem connection would be more than enough for this client of his, if it were available. On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 5:19 PM, Shawn <sgro...@open2space.com> wrote: > That seems *really* expensive for 50GB/month. The throughput sound fine, > but the artificial limit on total volume is not really in line with my > expectations. > > I recently hooked up a new business line with a volume limit of 110GB/month > - for only $78/month (special time limited deal dropped that to $49/month > for the first year). So while I may not have the same raw speed you would > get, I do get more volume. > > As per usage, I run my server on this connection, as well as a few > workstations. Based on historical usage, I fully expect to average around > 80GB/month or more. Volume usage will only grow as everything switches to > digital (tv, movies, etc.) > > With the advent of Netflix, you might consider that one movie download is > typically about 1GB (some more, some less, depending on encoding, quality, > etc.) That means with the package you are looking at, you could handle > approx 50 movie downloads. With 100 users, the math doesn't work well in > your favor. > > To pay $400/month for a package you can fully expect to be insufficient, and > therefore get charged more in penalties for going over... well, I would not > be considering that offer at all. Especially considering they are offering > other packages that better meet your needs for way less cash. > > Of course, that ignores the location issue and other factors. So weigh my > comments with your reality. :) > > Shawn > > On 11-03-12 01:00 AM, 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 <http://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 > _______________________________________________ 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
