[AuckLUG] Not Xtra broadband ;-)

[shaun forgie]

Stuart,

My take on the comments was why bother...use a hosting centre: either a
virtual machine on their gear or a co-location arrangement where you
physically house your equipment in one of their racks.

Organising bandwidth into your premises is painful administratively and
overly expensive. The only real alternative to DSL based services, which are
the cheapest, is as you say ISDN, ATM and Frame Relay; all of which will
have their advantages and disadvantages.

The idea of multiplexing a number of DSL connections is a good one and is
something we do within our offices.This becomes a more interesting option
now that we have a number of DSL providers available, including Vodafone,
which potentially provides full redundancy over physical circuits.

Personally we use Rimuhosting -> www.rimuhosting.co.nz and I would have to
say these guys really know their stuff. They also offer extremely
competitive pricing and great service.

Regards
S

On 25/11/2007, Stuart R Mealor <stuart at learning.ac.nz> wrote:
>
> Thanks for all the great feedback on the Xtra broadband/server question
> everyone :-)
>
> That reinforces 'what I thought I knew' !  ;-)
>
> So my next investigation is...
> What is the cheapest option for getting a faster speed than Xtra
> broadband?
>
> The info on Telecom's site re ISDN, ATM, frame relay, etc. is all very
> blurred.
>
> So, if we just want the 'next step up' from Xtra broadband (speed rather
> than Gb being the aim here), which service should we be focusing on and
> asking them about?
>
> Stuart
>
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