At 10:01 AM 3/1/00 -0500, you wrote:
Now having said that, A backbone UUnet connection (T1) is 2400.00 per month.Maybe the loop is a lot higher in your area but we were able to get a full T1, albeit copper and not fiber for $1080 a month and $1000 for installation and a cisco 2600 router with only a 1 year contract withUUnet.
In our market we can sell for that (but we usually sell for $1200/month) with a full 100% CIR T-1, including free installation and a loaner Cisco 1720 router. Our T-1s are multi-homed (BGP) with UUnet Los Angeles, UUnet San Francisco, Sprint Los Angeles, Cerf San Diego, and Verio Irvine. We're strictly resellers; obviously we buy for a bit less <smile>.
Regarding using the cable for web hosting. If you are charging people you can't use cable because the uptime is less than 90% which isn't acceptable for paying customers. However, if you are using it for your personal site it will probably be fine unless your cable provider has an upload cap. I'm using cable for one of my personal sites (RenegadeOLGA.com) and it handles 10,000 users, 140,000 pages and almost 500,000 total hits per day. Not bad for a $50 connection.
Not a bad connection. Loaded quickly. Good ping times (~120ms) from California, too <smile>.
Jeff -- Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>