[Cialug] OT: Qwest and Mediacom Internet Service Advice

[L. V. Lammert]

On Tue, 8 Dec 2009, Dave Hala Jr wrote:

> My DSL is running 1.5/640  on a good day. I could use the t-1 1.5mb
> upstream bandwidth, and I'd switch to it for the increased reliability,
> but it would quadruple my cost.
>
Assuming you're running servers, we recommend most folks on DSL not run
'revenue' servers, .. neither the upstream bandwidth nor the reliability
supports a 24/7 server environment.

If you're limited to DSL, I would highly recommend signing with one of the
hundred different COLO shops - most offer a dedicated server for about
$100/mo, .. and with some of the new Cloud servers coming online (check
out contegix.com here in St. Louis - you can get a VM on a production
server with 100GB of bandwidth for $25/mo!) it actually doesn't make sense
to run server or two in your own shop.

Of course, when you have 20+ on the racks, a couple of T1s can be easily
justified.

	Lee