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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Therese<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Our current ISP is BrightSparks. We are pay
$189 per month for 10Gb.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US
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Maiser@novell2.fhc.vic.edu.au [mailto:Maiser@novell2.fhc.vic.edu.au] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Therese Keane<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, 1 March 2005 2:37
PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> IT Teachers' Off Topic Mailing
List<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> ISP's</span></font><span
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Our contract with the ISP has just expired and I was
hoping that I could get some advice and contact details with regards to ISPs.
Currently we have a data cap of 20 gig a month. Our current monthly bill
includes link rental, router/firewall rental and 20 gig of data. We run
off a microwave link and it is costing us in the vicinity of $4000 a month. We
have a 2Mbps symmetric upload and download speed. Is this a reasonable amount
to pay per month – or are there better deals around? <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>We would not want to reduce our upload and download
speed and our local telephone exchange can only handle 512k.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>In terms of the microwave link – I am not sure
why the College has not explored other options. What else is available?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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Any help would be much appreciated.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Regards<br>
Therese<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Therese Keane</span></font></b></strong><span
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Leila Road</span></font></st1:address></st1:Street><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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