of course, but we've been successfully running a business-class cable
modem as our primary service for over five years now, backed up by a T1.
We are, however, in an urban environment. Because we've been so
impressed with our service, we recently upgraded from 15Mbps to 50Mbps
several months ago. We're planning on replacing our T1 with a 50Mbps
Verizon FiOS in a month as our research indicates we get much more
bandwidth (of course) than an expensive T1 with just as good reliability.
I hope this info helps.
Regards
Kory
St. Catherine's School
Richmond, VA.
On 8/12/2010 10:27 AM, David Held wrote:
> PDS are a semirural school in the Hudson Valley of NY. We have currently
> outgrown our 3M T1 lines and I'm looking at the local cable company to
> provide us Internet service. Since we are a bit out of the way, the
> cable company would have to run a cable to our school 1/4 mile at a cost
> of nearly $11,000. Over a 2 year span, it would still be least expensive
> option.
>
> My question is (and I know results may vary) how reliable is cable? Just
> for info sake, the connection will be by Cablevision. Thanks in advance
> for any info.
>
> David Held
> Dir. of Technology
> Poughkeepsie Day School
> 845-462-7600 x299
> www.poughkeepsieday.org
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