ISP with same up/down speed

gokgok

What company's do leased lines or broadband with the same up/down speed?

IBB looked the best option/price but where i work doesn't have line of sight with their transmitters.

thanks

Sponge Bob

either Magnet or BT or both may do SDSL ( s = symettric) but up to 2mbits I'd say and it will cost a fair bit more than IBB . SDSL is a leased line equivalent ....almost.

also discuss fibre with Magnet...ya never know

gokgok

Sponge Bob wrote:

either Magnet or BT or both may do SDSL ( s = symettric) but up to 2mbits I'd say and it will cost a fair bit more than IBB . SDSL is a leased line equivalent ....almost.

also discuss fibre with Magnet...ya never know

thanks, we're with Magnet now and can't get them on the phone to discus anything.

rymus

don't ya have an account manager? We've got magnet fibre and can get either our account manager or either one of three tech's we normally deal with on the phone anytime.

Sponge Bob

I found them easy to contact ..I PMd you a name

gokgok

thanks, i'll give him a call

edit: the inherited us from leap and i think we got lost in the hand over

kc66

Digiweb do dedicated packages to suit whatever your needs are. Probably expensive though

Sponge Bob

Digiweb can also do fibre based packages if you need 5 down 5 up starters and so can Smart.

To give yiz an idea, 5 up 5 down , fibre, burst to 10 down 10 up on occasion

€800-€1000 a month. Beats a leased line anyday and is scalable to 10/10 for about €1200 a month and 20/20 for about €1800 to €2000

UNCONTENDED in each case, lest anyone ask.

jhegarty

Sponge Bob wrote:

Digiweb can also do fibre based packages if you need 5 down 5 up starters and so can Smart.

To give yiz an idea, 5 up 5 down , fibre, burst to 10 down 10 up on occasion

€800-€1000 a month. Beats a leased line anyday and is scalable to 10/10 for about €1200 a month and 20/20 for about €1800 to €2000

UNCONTENDED in each case, lest anyone ask.

What are the caps like ?

JNive

i assume no cap as would be the case in any dedicated commit

Sponge Bob

No cap and 95th percentile pricing on fibre , this means you can burst above for 5% of the time ( 1.5 days a month say if you are doing a backup)

Best on I saw on 95th percentile was a guy who was paying €800 a month for 5mbits but had 50mbits on tap for his off site backups 2 nights a month . Typically you get 2 x your normal rate .

He could fairly welly the data out to a server farm .

Rather_b_diving

Just to be sure you understand 95percentile billing you can't burst at 50Mbps for 5% of the time. The system works on statistics and it maps your usage under a normal distribution. 95% is 2 Sigma which is what you get billed for. Its good for small bursts but if you're doing this every night for off site backups you could be in for a suprise. If you're getting away with it it could be the company hasn't implemented it properly (yet)

Sponge Bob

You should normally not be able to burst that high, yes, so I am not naming names .

gokgok

Thanks for all the help. I've been onto magnet and digiweb and am looking at the different options and costs.

Am i right in thinking, on a 1mb lease line you should get d/l and u/l speeds of 1000k/sec?

Sponge Bob

good choices but you should also try Smart and Worldcom who would respond with competitive quotes as well .

tell us how it goes please

carbsy

gokgok wrote:

Thanks for all the help. I've been onto magnet and digiweb and am looking at the different options and costs.

Am i right in thinking, on a 1mb lease line you should get d/l and u/l speeds of 1000k/sec?

No.. circa 100KB/sec.

gokgok

Sponge Bob wrote:

good choices but you should also try Smart and Worldcom who would respond with competitive quotes as well .

tell us how it goes please

will do

edit: would you have a number/link for worldcom, i can't find them in the book or online

Sponge Bob

sorry , now called Verizon Business

http://www.verizonbusiness.com/ie/

gokgok

It doesn't look like smart are taking on any more clients as i've rung them four times looking for prices on leased lines and no one would ring me back or be able to give me the info.

Sponge Bob wrote:

Digiweb can also do fibre based packages if you need 5 down 5 up starters and so can Smart.

To give yiz an idea, 5 up 5 down , fibre, burst to 10 down 10 up on occasion

€800-€1000 a month. Beats a leased line anyday and is scalable to 10/10 for about €1200 a month and 20/20 for about €1800 to €2000

UNCONTENDED in each case, lest anyone ask.

where did you get those prices all i could get from them was a price on leased lines of 1mb €595, 2mb €895, 3mb €1195 with a €1800 installation fee. Would you have a contact name?

layke

I have a 1MB/1MB 8:1 uncapped which costs me €50 p/m.

leap.ie (Magnet). Although I think I got carried across from an older package they used to run.

Sponge Bob

a pity smart no longer do it . they are a great isp