Need fast connection but far from nearest exchange

[nero120]

Hey guys,

just moved house and need to sort out internet. It has to be fast as I need to log in to the work vpn and use remote desktop quite often, so looking for at least 16mb+. Trouble is, we are about 2km from the nearest exchange and BT reckons the most we can expect over their lines is 4.5mb

So what about the alternatives? Does sky use BT infrastructure for internet or does it come down the sattelite? Virgin internet comes through their own cable right?

Any advice on what options would get the fastest connection would be much appreciated!

 

[nero120]

Virgin Media, or lease line. How deep are your pockets? :-\

Before you jump on Virgin Media because they look like a good deal, do some reading around to get the full background in what you could be potentially letting yourself in for.

http://www.cm-forums.co.uk is a good start.

Well I just checked and unfortuantely virgin haven't cabled our area yet! I'm in bloody london for gods sake! Anyways, through BT line we can expect 7mb/s which really isn't fast enough.

How much would you expect to pay for a lease line?

 

[nero120]

The most you'd get with an ideal line with BT is 8128kbps (which translates to 7.2Mbps of useful throughput) - to have a chance of getting any more, you'd need to look at the LLUers (Sky, Be, Bulldog et al).

The price of a leased line varies with your distance from the provider's Point of Presence, but you could probably expect an installation fee in the four figures.

Yikes! My pockets aren't that deep!

I phoned up Be and they quoted the most we could get as 7 so I guess that's it then. Damn it!