Would any of the hosting companies in the Gyle area be able to help? I'm not sure if its purely hosting they provide or whether or not they can provide internet connections as well. Obviously the distance from the POP will be a mitigating factor in the leased line issue.
Also, Rod, sounds like you are being shafted by the existing provider. I take it they dont have SLA's for resumption of service after an outage or anything like that? -----Original Message----- From: Douglas Shand [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 05 February 2002 11:02 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [scottish] Re: Internet connections Can I also suggest IFB (Internet for Business) in Aberdeen. I have useed them for a couple of years and have had excellent serice. --- Rod McCall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > >I can also recommend UUNet for leased lines. We > had a few teething > >troubles with the leased line at first and it takes > a bit of effort to > >talk to anybody with a clue in support, but we've > never had any major > >outages. > > > Thanks Graeme. UUNet ok, I will look into them as > well. Whatever the > solution is we need one which has reasonable > bandwidth for multiple > companies to share - this is due to the fact we are > currently using shared > access in a business centre. It is possible for us > to have dedicated leased > line to ourselves but that is probably overkill for > our current traffic > needs - given that our main servers are in the US. > > Do EdNet and UUNet have their own service or is it > on a reseller basis in > Edinburgh? Our current vendor is a hybrid of > different companies which they > rent capacity from, as a result they never have a > clue as to what's going > on. In addition we pay several times what standard > ADSL costs for this > shared bandwidth and usually get anywhere from > 5-22kbps, quite often it is > zero! Which really is dreadful for the price. > > Many thanks for your help, > > Rod > > PS. Our linux beta versions are currently available > from our website! > > Rod McCall. > Runtime Revolution Ltd <www.runrev.com> > 91 Hanover Street, Edinburgh, EH2 1DJ, UK > tel: +44 (0) 870 747 1165 fax: +44 (0) 131 718 4334 > "Power to the Developer!" (Mac/Windows/Linux/Unix) > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > http://www.lug.org.uk > http://www.linuxportal.co.uk > http://www.linuxjob.co.uk > http://www.linuxshop.co.uk > -------------------------------------------------------------------- __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com -------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.lug.org.uk http://www.linuxportal.co.uk http://www.linuxjob.co.uk http://www.linuxshop.co.uk -------------------------------------------------------------------- *************************** IMPORTANT NOTE ************************** The above information is confidential to the addressee and may be privileged. Unauthorised access and use is prohibited. William M. Mercer Limited is regulated by IMRO and the Personal Investment Authority. Registered in London No. 984275 Registered Office: Telford House, 14 Tothill Street, London SW1H 9NB -------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.lug.org.uk http://www.linuxportal.co.uk http://www.linuxjob.co.uk http://www.linuxshop.co.uk --------------------------------------------------------------------
