On 06 26, 08, at 2:17 AM, Peter Santiago wrote: > jan gestre wrote: >> I remember when I was working in the Ortigas area and my employer >> decided to have Globe DSL installed, and the list of sad >> experiences are as follows: >> >> * Tech Support (Outsourced employees and no IT experience) sucks >> bigtime, it took them several days before someone came to the >> office to check the problem. >> * Four IT Support came, one each day, each one has a different >> opinion as to what is causing the intermittent connection >> (They're just guessing) >> * Connection was so bad that after two weeks we decided to >> terminate the contract. >>
one of the first places i worked for... WAY back in 2k, we used Globe DSL. it was fine. we ran the web host on a 512kbps line. we could do that because the only ones who were going to be using our page are-- well guys who worked for our company and sister company abroad. as for the trouble with tech support/it support and connection problem--- that really would depend on a lot of factors and every isp's got issues. bottom line: you need to know 1) your upload speed--- is it good enough for the kind of traffic you'd expect? 2) you need ports open or at least access to get and close ports for any ISP. 3) IF uptime's really that important to you.... Always get 2 or 3 lines. it saves you the trouble of finding out that the site's down because your one and only local isp's broken too. Redundancy is your friend. 4) Consider also that if you're hosting it locally (i.e. yourself)--- when a storm comes and knocks off the power or the ISP's line for a week, what then? Can the service you are providing stand that? 5) If all this trouble makes you go crazy, you might find it cheaper and saner to just outsource the service, long term. just a few thoughts. _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
