Hello,
First of all your not limited to BT.....
I use colt telecoms all the time, and not only are they cheeper,but they are
more reliable.
I think you should forget dial-up...they are so expensive(if you are not
using them for a back-up link).
Thet last time i requested services(new install) from colt Aug last
year,they quoted me for a 2meg leased line(if your going to have video/music
it would be best).
Price comparison
Colt ..install �1000 year line rental(no call charges) �3,800
BT ..install �2800 year line rental (no cal charges) �3,900
Bt ..install in 2-3 months ...colt 1-4 weeks
the reason i say leased line is because of 3 reasons ..
1 if you go for a permernant connection instead of a dial-up , you DO get
better speed/throuhput,i am working at Exxon/Mobil(leaving in a week or so)
and we have a permanent 2meg leased line ,with isdn 30 backup(full 30
channels) and we notice at least a 5-10% drop-off in speed when we change to
the back-up..(the BT line is constantly going up and down at the mo)
2 frame-relay is quite expensive to install ,and dosen`t matter who you buy
it from ,it will come from BT.
3 ATM is FAR to expensive for anything less than 100 meg.
It may seem expensive but the benifit you get from being permenant is that
you traffic is QOS`d with all the other buisness traffic.when on dial-up you
get QOS`d with all that traffic..
QOS basic is when BT or Colt prioratise traffic as to who is important .
The business stuff comes first and the SOHO/Home stuff comes second (or
sometimes 4/5th).
HTH
steve
>From: "Stuart J Pittwood" Reply-To: "Stuart J Pittwood" To: Subject:
>Connection Options in the UK. Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 17:55:12 -0000
>
>Hi,
>
>Just after a little advice.
>
>We currently have a 4 BRI Channels to provide internet access & email to
>about 200 Users.
>
>This, as you can imagine is a touch slow at peek times. We have caching
>servers at our end to try to help this (which it does), but we need
>somthing faster.
>
>We use no audio or video yet (but it will happen in the next 12 months)
>
>We dont have access to BTs ADSL service (if it actually exists, i've seen
>very little evidence and BT will not give me a date for when we will have
>it).
>
>What other connection options do we have? and are we stuck with BT
>providing these services?
>
>BTs web site is less than helpful to say the least.
>
>I'm quite new to this stuff so any help/advice/pointers is/are greatly
>appreciated.
>
>Thanks in advance ______________________________ Stuart J Pittwood, CCNA
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