Sheridan Posted March 8, 2011 Posted March 8, 2011 Anyone using Virgins 'Big Red' internet provision for their ISP? 100Mbps both ways with no contention looks like a good deal for a schools ISP. We're thinking about changing over so I'd be interested in anyones opinion if they're using this or know some school/business that is.
saundersmatt Posted March 8, 2011 Posted March 8, 2011 Oh my god, i've just seen the prices for this. Effectively what the LEA are reselling at twice the price! Swines
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saundersmatt Posted March 8, 2011 Posted March 8, 2011 Anyone have a link? I don't want to Google "big red virgin's" in school... Virgin unveils 'disruptive' Big Red Internet deal - IT News from V3.co.uk
glennda Posted March 8, 2011 Posted March 8, 2011 shame i'm not in a virgin area! although i've just emailed the to see what they do provide around here (although i'm 99% sure its nout!)
Sheridan Posted March 9, 2011 Author Posted March 9, 2011 It does look like a very tempting deal! Especially the 100mbps with no contention! I think we have 100mbps but shared with god knows how many other users!
glennda Posted March 9, 2011 Posted March 9, 2011 It does look like a very tempting deal! Especially the 100mbps with no contention! I think we have 100mbps but shared with god knows how many other users! I currently have a 10mb connection to LEA who then have a larger connection with 260mb designated to schools in our area but from the usage graphs its pretty much maxed out through out the school day!
Sheridan Posted March 9, 2011 Author Posted March 9, 2011 I'm pretty sure our LEA has a 1gb link - but we're linked via 100mbps and of course sharing with lots of other schools. 100mbps all to yourself would certainly be a comparable service, and cheaper as well.
teejay Posted March 9, 2011 Posted March 9, 2011 Oh my god, i've just seen the prices for this. Effectively what the LEA are reselling at twice the price! Swines The bill you see in school from the LEA for the connection is not the true cost. LEA's up to now have been top slicing things like Harnessing Technology Grant to fiddle the price schools appear to pay. Now some of these grants are going, you may well find the LEA price escallating over the next couple of years.
teejay Posted March 9, 2011 Posted March 9, 2011 Oooh a 1Gbit/s for 22k, *drools* Bet our lot would still have that running at max capacity.
pantscat Posted March 9, 2011 Posted March 9, 2011 Damn my 3yr contract... and do rude things to it with an angle-poised lamp! I could get 1gb for the same dosh... meh.
timzim Posted March 9, 2011 Posted March 9, 2011 London schools are going to get something similar as the LGfL has allegedly booted out Synetrix and signed up Virgin as their provider. By all accounts the price is similar but then you get all the LGfL stuff thrown in as well (e.g. out-of-date software packages, clumsy web filtering, incomprehensible interfaces, etc).
Edu-IT Posted March 9, 2011 Posted March 9, 2011 shame i'm not in a virgin area! although i've just emailed the to see what they do provide around here (although i'm 99% sure its nout!) Their pricing for other services is still good.
localzuk Posted March 9, 2011 Posted March 9, 2011 I've just contacted them to get a quote, so we'll see how they compare, say, to Opal and BT.
chrisbyrd Posted March 9, 2011 Posted March 9, 2011 Dedicated 100Mbps for 12k/yr is certainly available independent of Virgin in most of the UK as well - in fact, I'd bet that a number of members of this forum are paying a fair bit less than that too
GrumbleDook Posted March 9, 2011 Posted March 9, 2011 Dedicated 100Mbps for 12k/yr is certainly available independent of Virgin in most of the UK as well - in fact, I'd bet that a number of members of this forum are paying a fair bit less than that too I wouldn't say most of the UK ... there are quite a number of areas that don't have a chance of that. Even within the same county there are vast differences of what is available.
Edu-IT Posted March 9, 2011 Posted March 9, 2011 Dedicated 100Mbps for 12k/yr is certainly available independent of Virgin in most of the UK as well - in fact, I'd bet that a number of members of this forum are paying a fair bit less than that too Not here it isn't.
nicklec Posted March 9, 2011 Posted March 9, 2011 Another LGfL school here ... we're currently on 100mbit which has a 2.35:1 contention or something silly - the newer Virgin service is 1:1...
john Posted March 10, 2011 Posted March 10, 2011 Dedicated 100Mbps for 12k/yr is certainly available independent of Virgin in most of the UK as well - in fact, I'd bet that a number of members of this forum are paying a fair bit less than that too If you know someone who can give me that speed for that price where I am in Rural Yorkshire I would be very pleased to see it, starting figures i've had are 15K for 10 on a 10 barer!
glennda Posted March 10, 2011 Posted March 10, 2011 His neighbours are sheep... same with me! although i have a train line on one side.
teejay Posted March 10, 2011 Posted March 10, 2011 His neighbours are sheep... And he has a pair of wellies with the 'special' straps:p
chrisbyrd Posted March 10, 2011 Posted March 10, 2011 In non-Virgin world, its all about the Exchange. If you're in the middle of nowhere but still served by a half-decently-connected BT exchange a few miles away then there are definitely some good deals to be had
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