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[turbo3lf]

Hi - I would to get your thoughts on how I could solve this problem.

I am a 1 person business (software tester) that needs to connect to a VPN in Europe. I use Windows XP Remote Desktop to connect to a workstation in the UK where I remain connected for 8 hours testing their software.

Telkom 512K ADSL is too slow for me to work effectively, but I also don't think I can afford a leased line with international bandwidth (I'm not sure what the costs are).

I have trialled Sentech's MyWireless and again it is too slow (and they don't have coverage where I stay in Cape Town). Reading the threads, it sounds as though iBurst is too problematic, so am hesitant to try them.

Is there any other technology that is worth looking at? I can probably afford R3k per month. Can anything creative be done using two 512K ADSL connections or multiple ISDN lines?

Does anyone run a business where I would be able to piggyback on your international bandwidth on a cost per MB basis? I use about 2GB transfer per month.

Any other possible solutions?

 

[lewstherin]

Telkom 512K ADSL is too slow

If 512K is too "slow" bandwidth wise, then yeah you better immigrate...

If you were referring to the poor latency (450ms+ pings internationally) and shaping of protocols (like VPN) of 512K shaped DSL, then I suggest you consider the 4GB unshaped account (much better international pings), or you look at the UUNET uncapped, unshaped option...

adlo's option is probably best though

 

[ic]

I think you should seriously give the UUNET SA thing a try - not sure though if it is already available in CT - was in KZN, anyways give them a call - the # to phone for a test account is at the beginning of the UUNET thread (there are 2 threads I know of on this subject - you need the other one that was not started by RPM).

 

[MaD]

Immigrate.

Immigrate means coming *into* a country, emigrate means going *out* of a country.. he's already here..

 

[DFantom]

Hi - I would to get your thoughts on how I could solve this problem.

I am a 1 person business (software tester) that needs to connect to a VPN in Europe. I use Windows XP Remote Desktop to connect to a workstation in the UK where I remain connected for 8 hours testing their software.

Telkom 512K ADSL is too slow for me to work effectively, but I also don't think I can afford a leased line with international bandwidth (I'm not sure what the costs are).

I have trialled Sentech's MyWireless and again it is too slow (and they don't have coverage where I stay in Cape Town). Reading the threads, it sounds as though iBurst is too problematic, so am hesitant to try them.

Is there any other technology that is worth looking at? I can probably afford R3k per month. Can anything creative be done using two 512K ADSL connections or multiple ISDN lines?

Does anyone run a business where I would be able to piggyback on your international bandwidth on a cost per MB basis? I use about 2GB transfer per month.

Any other possible solutions?

As some people have brought up the question is, is it the speed or the latency that is the problem.
If it is speed, then your idea of combinding multiple ADSL's will work (it's called bonding, and is exactly how 128k isdn works).
If it is latency, then bonding will not work for you. Then you need to look at somethi ng else, like diginet. You could try phoning around for pricing, but R3000 might be a bit too little (normally starts at R3500-R4000). If it is just intl bandwidth you may be able to lower the price (the only place I know of that might help here is Storm).

Otherwise what you need is a gateway on someone locals network that has a decent intl speed. The only way for this is to phone around again. Maybe try the people that offer ADSL uncapped options via proxy (like nukecap.co.za), they would be sort of used to this and might be able to offer something to you.

 

[turbo3lf]

Thanks for your idea's - emmigrating is not going to happen though! Would rather have the sunshine than the bandwidth anytime

lewstherin, ic - i'm going to try and track down a uunet test account for their unshaped, uncapped adsl. It seems as though I have to deal through a reseller - could anyone recommend a uunet reseller in cape town?
(for anyone interested in the uunet threads:
http://www.mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php?t=17096
http://www.mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php?t=17003)


dfantom - not sure how to tell whether the problem lies with speed or latency (or that i understand the difference ), are there tests that i can perform to check? are there any theads that explain the difference? good ideas - i'll see what storm and nukecap have to offer. thanks.

 

[Bobb]

Actually if you are a registered business you should be able to use UUNET directly...

 

[ic]

[post=156782]As per HellHound's post try calling 0312071759, then ask them about CT & how to get a test a/c there[/post].

 

[DFantom]

dfantom - not sure how to tell whether the problem lies with speed or latency (or that i understand the difference ), are there tests that i can perform to check? are there any theads that explain the difference? good ideas - i'll see what storm and nukecap have to offer. thanks.

Latency is how long it takes for a packet to reach it's destination. To test this just ping, that shows latency. Speed is how many KB/s you can download. They are close friends but not related. You can get good latency and bad speeds and visa versa. Normally if you increase speed your latency goes down (faster speed = good, smaller latency = good) but it's not a hard and fast rule.
To test which is effecting you, I have no idea. I know a lot of VPN problems I've seen have been related to latency more than speed.