Fast UK broadband
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Topic: Fast UK broadband
Posted By: Gullanian
Subject: Fast UK broadband
Date Posted: 23 June 2005 at 3:48pm
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Hey guys, As some of you know I'm looking for a dedicated server, however I have concluded I may save a lot of money if I do it myself. Electricity wise it will cost me around £6 a month to keep a computer on non stop. My brother is selling his P3 700mhz for £50, which will do the job fine. The only problem for me is finding a good Internet line. I need one that allows me to serve a website from, (I'm assuming some companies don't allow the running of commericial sites from their service) and one which has a fast upstream connnection, which is hard to find. Budget wise I would not like to spend over £40. Anyone know a good company? I have scowered the Internet but can not find one. |
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Posted By: Mart
Date Posted: 23 June 2005 at 3:58pm
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Most UK home ISP's have a clause in the service agreement that stop you
from running any web server on their connection what-so-ever... Some
even block port 80 to act as a deterent. You'd probably have to go with
a business line because of that, it also depends on whether you
have a BT line etc. And one ISP (forget the name) even limits itself to
inner city london |
Posted By: Gullanian
Date Posted: 23 June 2005 at 4:11pm
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This is the best I can find: http://www.bulldogbroadband.com/business/soho_bundle/worksmart/fullfeatures.asp 512kbps upstream, 8mbit downstream, it's a bit pointless really, I wish they could switch it around. |
Posted By: Gullanian
Date Posted: 23 June 2005 at 4:27pm
| I guess what I really want is an SDSL line but they cost a bomb. |
Posted By: the boss
Date Posted: 26 June 2005 at 4:50am
just put ur server in some ISP data farm.. but not goin proper channel of server colocation.. instead make friends with system admin there.. and ask him if they mind ur laptop being connected to their data farm for internet accesss ONLY  ------------- http://www.web2messenger.com/theboss"> 
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Posted By: huwnet
Date Posted: 26 June 2005 at 8:08am
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I read an article once about someone who lived right next to an
exchange. He persuaded them to connect him up with a CAT5 cable. True
story. I read the title of this topic and I knew it would be impossible straight away  Your only option is SDSL but that is pricey. Find a local university and maybe pay them |
Posted By: Bluefrog
Date Posted: 26 June 2005 at 5:43pm
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Running a server at home is fine, but you sacrifice reliability. First,
you MUST have a UPS if you are running a service that people are paying
for. You will also likely need more than 512 up. Think 2 Mbps up will give you something to cover you during peak hours. Your IP will need to be static, and you'll likely need a backup or failover in case of problems. e.g. SDSL + cable. For a casual site, running from home is fine, but I don't think that you can get away with it very easily. ------------- http://renegademinds.com/" rel="nofollow - Renegade Minds - Guitar Software http://renegademinds.com/Default.aspx?tabid=65" rel="nofollow - Slow Down Music |
Posted By: dpyers
Date Posted: 26 June 2005 at 7:26pm
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Most data centers have dual power and data pipes. Usually running
through diffeent substations and exchanges. About all of them have the
ability to run off of power generators. I'd think that with your SMS site, where people are paying to have the service available, hosting from home would be a bad thing. ------------- 
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Posted By: Gullanian
Date Posted: 27 June 2005 at 6:33am
| I guess I will rent then |