Ben Scott wrote: > COST > > ... > > There were some one-time costs related to getting a line run on the > poles to our facility. These will not generalize to anyone else's > experiences, so I'm not going to post them. > Ack! Phht. Don't assume this! I (and at least one other poster on this list) have had to pay to have them run wire on poles to our places. In my case, I think it cost about $6K to run it about 0.56 mile. > SLA > > SLA = Service Level Agreement. This is what spells out exactly what > you're getting for your money, and what the provider promises. > Basically, this feed comes without one. If we're happy with it, > great. If not, we're free to cancel the service. > > Comcast did offer a 1.5 meg symmetric feed with what they called an > "SLA". However, the "SLA" only gave a refund schedule which kicked on > on unavailability. They never defined "available". Specifics about > things like committed rate, packet loss, and round trip time were > nowhere to be found. Sales rep couldn't provide more detail. > I seem to remember somewhere that Comcast's "available" meant you get a signal. This is generally possible if the wire is unbroken between the last pole and your building entrance. However, this does not guarantee signal quality - which is what matters here.
> In short, if you need or want an SLA, Comcast is not the right choice. > Very True. > ... > > Hope somebody finds this info useful. > Yes. We came to a similar conclusion - its great for general web surfing. However, don't plan on running much in the way of servers in your home/business on this line; things start getting rather sporadic (for both you and your clients). --Bruce _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
