[plug] OT - Internet access I am stumped

[Patrick Tehvand]

Hi all,

Off topic but i need some info.

I work at a school south of canningvale. We cannot get DSL or ISDN for 
various reasons. I am looking for an internet access solution that will 
provide >512K speeds (which puts sattelite out of the equation).

Our current options include a x163=>fibre connection to Amcom which will 
set us back a cool 20K/year for 18G/month at 2mbit and a wireless 2mb 
connection through e-span for 15K/year with 25G/month.

It is a bitter pill to swallow when we could be getting comparable 
connections under sDSL for around 5K/year.

Im not sure what our data usage will be once we get the faster 
connection (currently on 2x56k) but I am guessing anywhere from 
10-30G/month depending on bandwidth.

Can anyone suggest any other solution than the ones above. Have i missed 
a provider here?


Cheers for your help. and to keep it close to topic, we run linux 
gateway and servers here so connection must be linux friendly (i know 
most are in this sort of $$ range)


Patrick Tehvand.