Re: Dedicated DSL line for remote access

In article <f5bd31a8-bb61-44c4-9efb-
>, says...
>
> We have a DSL line for our SBS 2008 that runs about 720k up and 3M
> down. With multiple remote users, the access is quite slow. Is it
> possible to get a second DSL line and dedicate it solely to remote
> access?

DSL is not a good solution for Business, unless you can get SDSL, I
would suggest that you consider a T1 or a combination of a T1 and phone
systems where the T1 also handles your phones - making the cost for the
T1 (Data and Phones) about $250/month.

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On Thu, 1 Jul 2010 16:36:15 -0400, Leythos <>
wrote:

>In article <f5bd31a8-bb61-44c4-9efb-
>>, says...
>>
>> We have a DSL line for our SBS 2008 that runs about 720k up and 3M
>> down. With multiple remote users, the access is quite slow. Is it
>> possible to get a second DSL line and dedicate it solely to remote
>> access?
>
>DSL is not a good solution for Business, unless you can get SDSL, I
>would suggest that you consider a T1 or a combination of a T1 and phone
>systems where the T1 also handles your phones - making the cost for the
>T1 (Data and Phones) about $250/month.


That's a very geographic answer Leythos! We operate two sites near
Perth, central Scotland. Prices for a T1 line (or the UK equivalent)
run to around £900 per month ($1800).DSL costs us £30/month. SDSL
isn't an option in the vast majority of the UK.

So your answer is probably correct, but is heavily dependent upon
facilities in the area.


Jim

On 01/07/2010 22:37, Jim wrote:

> That's a very geographic answer Leythos! We operate two sites near
> Perth, central Scotland. Prices for a T1 line (or the UK equivalent)
> run to around £900 per month ($1800).DSL costs us £30/month. SDSL
> isn't an option in the vast majority of the UK.
>
> So your answer is probably correct, but is heavily dependent upon
> facilities in the area.
>
>
> Jim

Jim, sounds like you have a long line - one of my SBS clients in
Bedfordshire has a similar problem - their ADSL line is even worse than
yours - 384K up and around 1M down... No SDSL or ADSL2+ at their
exchange - not that either would have helped with the length of line
they have - and cable not in the area. We also looked into a leased line
(around 2M/2M) but costs were highly prohibitive as there is no fibre to
the premises for a start.

You might be able to squeeze a bit more out of the line with a BT2Wire
ADSL router as they are known for behaving well with long lines - have a
look on eBay - they retail for about £10-£20 used. I have been able to
squeeze a couple of hundred K more out of the line with one of these. My
clients don't use RWW (well I do to administer SBS) but everything else
works OK even at this horrible speed... They complain about browsing
speed, but there is really not much that can be done. I use a Vigor2910
with a BT2Wire router (in bridge mode so it acts as a simple modem) at
the edge in this client and the Vigor has dual WAN ports so it can be
configured to accept in another connection and work in Load balance mode
(which we have also considered but not yet implemented). Have a look here:

http://web.draytek.com/user/SupportA...etail.php?ID=9

On 02/07/2010 08:31, James Hurrell wrote:
> On 01/07/2010 22:37, Jim wrote:
>
>> That's a very geographic answer Leythos! We operate two sites near
>> Perth, central Scotland. Prices for a T1 line (or the UK equivalent)
>> run to around £900 per month ($1800).DSL costs us £30/month. SDSL
>> isn't an option in the vast majority of the UK.
>>
>> So your answer is probably correct, but is heavily dependent upon
>> facilities in the area.
>>
>>
>> Jim
>
> Jim, sounds like you have a long line - one of my SBS clients in
> Bedfordshire has a similar problem - their ADSL line is even worse than
> yours - 384K up and around 1M down... No SDSL or ADSL2+ at their
> exchange - not that either would have helped with the length of line
> they have - and cable not in the area. We also looked into a leased line
> (around 2M/2M) but costs were highly prohibitive as there is no fibre to
> the premises for a start.
>
> You might be able to squeeze a bit more out of the line with a BT2Wire
> ADSL router as they are known for behaving well with long lines - have a
> look on eBay - they retail for about £10-£20 used. I have been able to
> squeeze a couple of hundred K more out of the line with one of these. My
> clients don't use RWW (well I do to administer SBS) but everything else
> works OK even at this horrible speed... They complain about browsing
> speed, but there is really not much that can be done. I use a Vigor2910
> with a BT2Wire router (in bridge mode so it acts as a simple modem) at
> the edge in this client and the Vigor has dual WAN ports so it can be
> configured to accept in another connection and work in Load balance mode
> (which we have also considered but not yet implemented). Have a look here:
>
> http://web.draytek.com/user/SupportA...etail.php?ID=9

Sorry Jim, I confused you with the original poster - so ignore my ramblings.

On Fri, 02 Jul 2010 09:52:43 +0100, James Hurrell
<> wrote:

>
>On 02/07/2010 08:31, James Hurrell wrote:
>> On 01/07/2010 22:37, Jim wrote:
>>
>>> That's a very geographic answer Leythos! We operate two sites near
>>> Perth, central Scotland. Prices for a T1 line (or the UK equivalent)
>>> run to around £900 per month ($1800).DSL costs us £30/month. SDSL
>>> isn't an option in the vast majority of the UK.
>>>
>>> So your answer is probably correct, but is heavily dependent upon
>>> facilities in the area.
>>>
>>>
>>> Jim
>>
>> Jim, sounds like you have a long line - one of my SBS clients in
>> Bedfordshire has a similar problem - their ADSL line is even worse than
>> yours - 384K up and around 1M down... No SDSL or ADSL2+ at their
>> exchange - not that either would have helped with the length of line
>> they have - and cable not in the area. We also looked into a leased line
>> (around 2M/2M) but costs were highly prohibitive as there is no fibre to
>> the premises for a start.
>>
>> You might be able to squeeze a bit more out of the line with a BT2Wire
>> ADSL router as they are known for behaving well with long lines - have a
>> look on eBay - they retail for about £10-£20 used. I have been able to
>> squeeze a couple of hundred K more out of the line with one of these. My
>> clients don't use RWW (well I do to administer SBS) but everything else
>> works OK even at this horrible speed... They complain about browsing
>> speed, but there is really not much that can be done. I use a Vigor2910
>> with a BT2Wire router (in bridge mode so it acts as a simple modem) at
>> the edge in this client and the Vigor has dual WAN ports so it can be
>> configured to accept in another connection and work in Load balance mode
>> (which we have also considered but not yet implemented). Have a look here:
>>
>> http://web.draytek.com/user/SupportA...etail.php?ID=9
>
>Sorry Jim, I confused you with the original poster - so ignore my ramblings.


No worries, your ramblings were useful :-)

We're actually getting good results with a Cisco 877, using new
firmware. It's actually DSL firmware that's not publicly available
yet, but Cisco decided that our line would be good for testing. We get
occasional drops (once per week) but the line is otherwise fairly
stable. Not tried the BT2Wire, but it was unstable with Netgear kit.

We don't use RWW either (I look after a dozen SBS sites, and no-one
uses RWW) but RDP to the server from home works fine for admin
purposes.



Jim

In article <>,
says...
>
> On Thu, 1 Jul 2010 16:36:15 -0400, Leythos <>
> wrote:
>
> >In article <f5bd31a8-bb61-44c4-9efb-
> >>, says...
> >>
> >> We have a DSL line for our SBS 2008 that runs about 720k up and 3M
> >> down. With multiple remote users, the access is quite slow. Is it
> >> possible to get a second DSL line and dedicate it solely to remote
> >> access?
> >
> >DSL is not a good solution for Business, unless you can get SDSL, I
> >would suggest that you consider a T1 or a combination of a T1 and phone
> >systems where the T1 also handles your phones - making the cost for the
> >T1 (Data and Phones) about $250/month.
>
>
> That's a very geographic answer Leythos! We operate two sites near
> Perth, central Scotland. Prices for a T1 line (or the UK equivalent)
> run to around £900 per month ($1800).DSL costs us £30/month. SDSL
> isn't an option in the vast majority of the UK.
>
> So your answer is probably correct, but is heavily dependent upon
> facilities in the area.

Yep, sorry, I keep forgetting that people across the pond have computers
and Internet access :-)

--
You can't trust your best friends, your five senses, only the little
voice inside you that most civilians don't even hear -- Listen to that.
Trust yourself.
(remove 999 for proper email address)