Bandwidth providers

[Haze]

Has anyone had any experience with Stream.ca? I heard ther gig E thing goes from 1 - 1000 MB when you need it. I also heard its a lot cheaper than other methods (t1, t3, etc) anyone?

[iwod]

never heard of them. but what to they do??

[Cael]

Never heard of them either.

[Haze]

They are a bandwidth provider in Toronto. I used to work in the same building as them ( yonge corperate center ) and got to know a few of the people from there. They supply bandwidth and from what there where telling me I could get a 4 mb up and downstream line (bustable to 1000 MB ) for $400 Canadian per month. Since im starting my own web host im looking at potential bandwidth providers and so far i think they are the best. Since they dont go through anyone else (sprint, att, etc.). They seem to be expanding quite fast too.

[Chicken]

Originally posted by evilhaze
They supply bandwidth and from what there where telling me I could get a 4 mb up and downstream line (bustable to 1000 MB ) for $400 Canadian per month.

None of that makes any sense. First, bandwidth (at the level you are talking about) is measured in either Mbps or Kbps.

Second, a T1 at 1.544Mbps could push approx. 450 Mb (a bit more, but for sake of rounding everything nicely) and would cost you around $1,000 USD (a bit less, but again to round things nicely).

So I don't know what you are talking about (you could get up to 4 mb), but if you mean 4Mbps for $400, then quite frankly *nope*. Add a couple of thousand to that figure and you'd be closer.

Anywhoooo, if they are offering you a 3+Mbps line (which would be capable of peaking at around 1,000 Gb of transfer), for $400, then it is a helluva deal, as (like I said), that would usually cost the rest of us around $2K USD.

[Haze]

Sorry its Mbps:

"Gig-E is available from 1 Mbps to 1000 Mbps, in one Mbps increments. Pay only for the bandwidth your customers require, and add bandwidth any time your customers demand it, more quickly and easily than you thought possible"