[MLB-WIRELESS] xDSL to Node GHO

[Ryan Abbenhuys]

Unfortunatelly Melbourne is far from ready to even look at such a setup and
it would be unwise to seriously look into this at the moment.

Our infrastructure is only just beginning to take shape and I would say at
least 6 months from being "barely acceptable".

We have a "backbone" node (gho) that's being used by anyone and everyone,
it's using the wrong IP range, cluster growth is too slow, the amount of
permenant services that are actually accessable and known to exist on
wirelses network are next to none, and I could go on and on.

I think you guys in Sydney might be way ahead of us Jamie, this is
definitely too early Melbourne.

Call back in 12months time :)

>Hi,
>
>I am sure this is going to be a rather contested topic, but I am willing
>to jump into the frey.
>
>What does everyone think of a ADSL link to GHO to interlink the
>Melbourne and Sydney wireless networks?
>
>Through a deal I have arranged with my employer, United IP, on behalf of
>the AWAi, we have available to us xDSL tails which would terminate here
>in Sydney, allowing wireless networks to interlink.
>
>The pricing deal is as follows. These tails are Telstra wholesale tails,
>sourced via Connect.com. It is a DSL tail only, no Internet bandwidth is
>included. Other speeds are available, but these are the cheapest tails
>that are available to us.
>
>Metro means any captial cities, and Regional is any non-metro area.
>
>Speed       Metro       Regional
>256/64      $ 56.87     $ 66.55
>512/128     $ 71.39     $ 78.65
>1.5/256     $104.06     $118.58
>
>The install is around $150.
>
>I don't expect that these prices will change any time soon, but I cannot
>gurantee it. If their tail costs go up, so will ours.
>
>A 1.5/256 which essentially would give us a 256K symetrical link with
>overhead going down would be $104.06 a month.
>
>I know there are Internet deals which may look fairly similar in price,
>but running a VPN over the Internet would cost alot more than a tail
>alone (yes, I know iiNet has bliink time, but that is only per state).
>
>Would that sort of figure be something that the group feels would be
>worth it for an interstate interconnect?
>
>There may be other alternatives, but this one is available, and fairly
>easy to do, however there will obviously be an ongoing cost.
>
>What does everyone think?
>
>Regards
>
>Jamie
>
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