siuko Posted October 11, 2012 Posted October 11, 2012 Hi, This is mainly directed at a smoothwall person. I am just researching how much it would cost us if we moved away from our LA provided internet access. I can get the 100mb link from BT and it leaves me some money left below the pricing the LA will be charging us. Could someone at smoothwall contact me and maybe give me suggestions for what would be required for firewall,web filtering etc and how much this would cost. We are a school of approx 1700 students and 150 Staff, and at worst upto approx 400 computers in use at one time (although unlikely). We would be on a 100mb connection. Ta If anyone else has any input if they have gone through the same switch away from LA broadband it would be helpful... thanks
Edu-IT Posted October 11, 2012 Posted October 11, 2012 Are you look for one of their appliances, or, do you run a virtualised setup?
glennda Posted October 11, 2012 Posted October 11, 2012 @tom_newton will be your best bet Also I would look to other suppliers as well as BT - they tried to charge me 10k over what I was quoted by M247!
CyberNerd Posted October 11, 2012 Posted October 11, 2012 Also I would look to other suppliers as well as BT +1 to this. We've been very happy with Vaioni, and a fraction the price BT quoted.
glennda Posted October 11, 2012 Posted October 11, 2012 +1 to this. We've been very happy with Vaioni, and a fraction the price BT quoted. Also Zen are very good in terms of pricing and support.
Edu-IT Posted October 11, 2012 Posted October 11, 2012 Also Zen are very good in terms of pricing and support. To the contrary for us. Pricing was unreal!
sonofsanta Posted October 11, 2012 Posted October 11, 2012 Same as others regarding BT - they have a 100% SLA unlike others, but by the Gods they charge for the privilege. A good idea for an online business, not so important for a school where a little downtime is not the end of the world, particularly given that for 60% of the day's hours no-one would notice.
tom_newton Posted October 11, 2012 Posted October 11, 2012 Yello! Drop me a PM or email with your details
glennda Posted October 11, 2012 Posted October 11, 2012 To the contrary for us. Pricing was unreal! For what? I've not used them for anything other then ADSL/SDSL or EFM
Edu-IT Posted October 11, 2012 Posted October 11, 2012 For what? I've not used them for anything other then ADSL/SDSL or EFM Oh this was Fibre.
Netwacky87 Posted October 11, 2012 Posted October 11, 2012 Oh this was Fibre. BT quoted us to put in fibre to my last place....£17k just to do the civil work, we got quoted....I dont think they want the business somehow lol
DMcCoy Posted October 11, 2012 Posted October 11, 2012 Same as others regarding BT - they have a 100% SLA unlike others, but by the Gods they charge for the privilege. A good idea for an online business, not so important for a school where a little downtime is not the end of the world, particularly given that for 60% of the day's hours no-one would notice. Have you read the SLA? It says it's 100%, unless it isn't, in which case you can claim for up to something like two weeks but if it's off for longer, tough.
siuko Posted October 11, 2012 Author Posted October 11, 2012 Well the BT pricing for 100mb on 100mb line was £12300 so didnt think it was too bad... What do others think to this?
zag Posted October 11, 2012 Posted October 11, 2012 (edited) Well the BT pricing for 100mb on 100mb line was £12300 so didnt think it was too bad... What do others think to this? Yes thats what we pay for a dedicated 100mbit from BT. Its daaaaaaaaamn fast We paired it with a smoothwall SWG-1200 and works great. Edited October 11, 2012 by zag
Edu-IT Posted October 11, 2012 Posted October 11, 2012 Well the BT pricing for 100mb on 100mb line was £12300 so didnt think it was too bad... What do others think to this? I'd say that's quite pricey.
DMcCoy Posted October 11, 2012 Posted October 11, 2012 Well the BT pricing for 100mb on 100mb line was £12300 so didnt think it was too bad... What do others think to this? The BT pricing for fibre if you have nothing else suitable is actually ok, as long as they have one of their many offers on (free install, better 3 year pricing etc). SLAs will no doubt be the same for other providers, but always worth a read of what it actually guarantees. It much cheaper than it used to be now you are charged to the 21cn exchange rather than the POP
glennda Posted October 11, 2012 Posted October 11, 2012 Well the BT pricing for 100mb on 100mb line was £12300 so didnt think it was too bad... What do others think to this? Thats not bad for BT - you must be right next to the Exchange (or near). They quoted me 22k. Well worth talking to other providers as well as personally I would just try and avoid BT's network were possible!! The other thing to consider is the support and SLA - does that price include an ADSL backup line? 100% uptime and financial reimbursements should they mess up? @Edu-IT - for a 100mb leased line thats a decent price.
dave.81 Posted October 18, 2012 Posted October 18, 2012 I'd say that's quite pricey. I'd say thats dirt cheap compared to what it would cost us!
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