Hi Folks, Thanks for the comments to date.
Currently we have no cable access. We're on an island between Crowchild Trail and Brentwood Road, a small bible college. DSL was/is our only option at this time, at least till Shaw came to us with the cell site offer. I suspect that the students are doing their best to download the entire web during their time at the college. Other than the 4 users on a VPD to their Exchange server in Ontario it would simply be standard internet access. We prefer not to place any restrictions on the usage. Cheers, Dave -----Original Message----- From: clug-talk-boun...@clug.ca [mailto:clug-talk-boun...@clug.ca] On Behalf Of t...@terralogic.net Sent: March-12-11 7:23 PM To: CLUG General Subject: Re: [clug-talk] RFC - Shaw Internet Cable Pricing and Bandwidth May I ask what they are doing? If they are looking for a connection to a local business then there are perhaps better alternatives. On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 06:20:22PM -0700, Gustin Johnson wrote: > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
