RE: [MLUG] Frame Relay or Better

["Lloyd, Jamie" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

 There is always ham radio with a packet modem. :-)


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Subject: Re: [MLUG] Frame Relay or Better

I'd like to toss out a quick note on the Satellite connection - parents
got that as they live out in the country.  Let's just say they almost
went back to dialup, as it was about the same speed, but didn't due to
the hassle of having to use a phone line.  The quality is supposedly
TOTAL crap, and the DirectWay people are horrible about fixing or
working on it.  UGH.  In other words, satellite isn't there yet.  
Annoys the hell out of me too because it's really bad when you consider
the amount of money spent on it (DirectWay isn't cheap), how poor
service you're getting.  Essentially, I feel like my parents are being
ripped off by it, but no choice when you live out in the country.....
Jason

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On Apr 7, 2005, at 4:23 AM, Christian M. Cepel wrote:

> If you're close to a phone hub/switching station in a rural area where

> they've established more capacity in anticipation of it being less 
> rural some day, could you (and I don't know if there is technology to 
> support this) purchase multiple DSL lines and have some sort of 
> distributed bandwidth solution?
>
>
> Vern Green wrote:
>
>> Call me old fashioned and call me crazy if you want.
>> The mail production servers are colocated as they should be, cost 
>> wise there really is no better option.
>>
>> The problem is I like to do my development on seperate servers, call 
>> me nuts, but I have had too many developers write code that puts the 
>> server into a major recursive loop and essentially shuts down the 
>> whole shooting match. I personally have never done this, but I know 
>> the guys that work for me do this almost weekly.
>>
>> I would much rather crash a development server than crash the main 
>> server. So my routine is to develop on a code base, once that code 
>> base is complete, I post it to an internet server, independent, for 
>> people to test. I might be crazy, but I find having that development 
>> server sitting next to me much more efficient than doing it all over 
>> the wire.
>>
>> Besides, the company is going to pay for it, so I would at least like

>> to get a connection that I can be happy about.
>>
>> On Apr 6, 2005 9:15 PM, Nathan Odle <EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:
>>
>>> Jonathan King wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> The lore on this groups seems to be something like: if in doubt, 
>>>> call Tranquility.  One thing that I guess might help is not to have

>>>> any high-volume server on site, but have it colocated somewhere 
>>>> else with better access.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Actually, my advice would be more along the lines of, call *Hunter* 
>>> at Tranquility :)  This guy is the most helpful guy I've ever dealt 
>>> with in the world of telecommunications.  Not only does he have a 
>>> good grasp of the technical issues, he can also deal with 'normal' 
>>> people appropriately...and also is willing to go the extra mile.  
>>> Call Hunter.
>>> If he can't help you, he can tell you who can.
>>>
>>> As for the colo, I'd highly recommend this route.  These days, 
>>> there's very little reason one absolutely *has* to have physical 
>>> access to their internet servers.  I'm sure there are a few 
>>> circumstances, but they are far and few between.
>>>
>>> -N
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