RE: UKNM: Cost of connecting

[Ian Buzer]

> > So I looked into leased lines and ISDN. From where I live in Kent to

> > Telehouse would cost c. �7000 a year for 64k. (Why don't ISPs

> offer local

> > POPs for leased line access -- a leased line to Ashford would cost about

> > �4,000 p/a).


You might want to take a look at BTNet Start (http://www.bt.net/)


The price has just been halved to 3000 pounds a year for a 64K perminant

connection, and if you install before September some time, they waive the

connection charge.


The catch is, and the reason that it is less than half the price of a

dedicated leased line, is that the line has a 10:1 contention ratio, that is

at some point 9 other 64K lines join it to compete for that 64K. With BT

saying that the system would be suitable for LANs of up to 20 people, if I

understand it correctly there could be 200 people all competing for that 64K

bandwidth.


I'm very tempted, but holding off at the moment, waiting to hear from

someone who has actually tried the system. Anyone out there on UKNM? My ISDN

connection works well at the moment, and I don't want to shell out 3 grand

to go back to connecting at the same speed as my old 14.4 modem.


Full discussion at news://uk.net/


Regards

Ian Buzer

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