DSL expectations for small/medium business?
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Posted by Joseph O'Brien on June 2, 2005, 9:06 am
Please log in for more thread options Our small company has used DSL for 5 years, and I'm starting to wonder if we've outgrown it. We have about 30 client computers, mail server, etc., sharing a 3.0Mbps/384Kbps DSL line. The connection is good, and as long as no one is uploading anything, the downstream is fine. Of course, as soon as someone sends a big email or uploads something to an FTP site, our entire upstream bandwidth is consumed, so regular web requests have to wait in line. This leads to the perception that our download speeds are bad. Anyway, I'm wondering what DSL expectations are among business users in this group. On average, how many users, and what kinds of services would you expect business-class DSL to support? I'm expecting a sales call today from our ISP about upgrading to a partial T1, but I'm hoping to get some unbiased opinions first. Thanks for reading to the end :) Joseph | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Broadband Techie on June 2, 2005, 12:47 pm
Please log in for more thread options Hi Joseph, there is plenty of technologies such as QoS and IP shaping that would allow you to control how much of bandwidth will be dedicated to certain service/port/protocol/IP address which means you could set that traffic on port 25 (standard smtp port) can't get over 60% of total available bandwidth in upstream direction which would allow you to continue browsing on other workstations without experiencing much of speed degradation.... Good luck.... | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Cyrus Afzali on June 2, 2005, 4:21 pm
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On 2 Jun 2005 06:06:59 -0700, "Joseph O'Brien" >Our small company has used DSL for 5 years, and I'm starting to wonder
>if we've outgrown it. We have about 30 client computers, mail server, >etc., sharing a 3.0Mbps/384Kbps DSL line. The connection is good, and >as long as no one is uploading anything, the downstream is fine. Of >course, as soon as someone sends a big email or uploads something to an >FTP site, our entire upstream bandwidth is consumed, so regular web >requests have to wait in line. This leads to the perception that our >download speeds are bad. > >Anyway, I'm wondering what DSL expectations are among business users in >this group. On average, how many users, and what kinds of services >would you expect business-class DSL to support? I'm expecting a sales >call today from our ISP about upgrading to a partial T1, but I'm hoping >to get some unbiased opinions first. > Yes, it sounds like you need another business-class type service that will give you symmetric upstream/downstream capacity. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by David H. Lipman on June 2, 2005, 5:00 pm
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| Our small company has used DSL for 5 years, and I'm starting to wonder | if we've outgrown it. We have about 30 client computers, mail server, | etc., sharing a 3.0Mbps/384Kbps DSL line. The connection is good, and | as long as no one is uploading anything, the downstream is fine. Of | course, as soon as someone sends a big email or uploads something to an | FTP site, our entire upstream bandwidth is consumed, so regular web | requests have to wait in line. This leads to the perception that our | download speeds are bad. | | Anyway, I'm wondering what DSL expectations are among business users in | this group. On average, how many users, and what kinds of services | would you expect business-class DSL to support? I'm expecting a sales | call today from our ISP about upgrading to a partial T1, but I'm hoping | to get some unbiased opinions first. | | Thanks for reading to the end :) | | Joseph Fractional T1 won't be better. You should upgrade your DSL class [ https://www.fastaccess.com/content/business/conditions.jsp ] or get an additional DSL line and use the Edimax PermaLink PRI-682 which has two WAN ports or a combination of both the upgrade class and two DSL lines using the Edimax. http://www.edimax.com/html/english/products/PRI682.htm -- Dave http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Jeremy Phillips on June 2, 2005, 1:16 pm
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David H. Lipman wrote: >
additional DSL line
> | Our small company has used DSL for 5 years, and I'm starting to wonder > | if we've outgrown it. We have about 30 client computers, mail server, > | etc., sharing a 3.0Mbps/384Kbps DSL line. The connection is good, and > | as long as no one is uploading anything, the downstream is fine. Of > | course, as soon as someone sends a big email or uploads something to an > | FTP site, our entire upstream bandwidth is consumed, so regular web > | requests have to wait in line. This leads to the perception that our > | download speeds are bad. > | > | Anyway, I'm wondering what DSL expectations are among business users in > | this group. On average, how many users, and what kinds of services > | would you expect business-class DSL to support? I'm expecting a sales > | call today from our ISP about upgrading to a partial T1, but I'm hoping > | to get some unbiased opinions first. > | > | Thanks for reading to the end :) > | > | Joseph > > Fractional T1 won't be better. You should upgrade your DSL class [ > https://www.fastaccess.com/content/business/conditions.jsp ] or get an > and use the Edimax PermaLink PRI-682 which has two WAN ports or a combination
of both the
> upgrade class and two DSL lines using the Edimax.
Yes, a frac T-1 will provide an overall better experience.
> http://www.edimax.com/html/english/products/PRI682.htm > > | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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> if we've outgrown it. We have about 30 client computers, mail server,
> etc., sharing a 3.0Mbps/384Kbps DSL line. The connection is good, and
> as long as no one is uploading anything, the downstream is fine. Of
> course, as soon as someone sends a big email or uploads something to an
> FTP site, our entire upstream bandwidth is consumed, so regular web
> requests have to wait in line. This leads to the perception that our
> download speeds are bad.
>
> Anyway, I'm wondering what DSL expectations are among business users in
> this group. On average, how many users, and what kinds of services
> would you expect business-class DSL to support? I'm expecting a sales
> call today from our ISP about upgrading to a partial T1, but I'm hoping
> to get some unbiased opinions first.
>
> Thanks for reading to the end :)
>
> Joseph
>