Stuck Students

[philaniH]

Hello

Our residence gives us 1 gb for a R140. we want adsl but we confused between home and business option. we afford about R1500 a month for a 4 mb line and need about 100 gb a day. which option should we go for?

Thank you

 

[hambone]

How many people in your res?

 

[philaniH]

41 need the net.

 

[hambone]

Flawed. 41 people sharing a 4Meg line? You mad bro.

 

[HavocXphere]

41 need the net.

lol wat? 41 people?

Dude ADSL isn't gonna cut it. ADSL covers like 6 people max.

What you need is a 10k budget and a fibre link.

 

[philaniH]

which option will be best?

 

[hambone]

Do nothing. Stay with what you got.

 

[ChocolateBadger]

Go 10mb with afrihost and uncapped would be your best bet

Or Telkom 40mb line..

 

[Chevron]

Hello

Our residence gives us 1 gb for a R140. we want adsl but we confused between home and business option. we afford about R1500 a month for a 4 mb line and need about 100 gb a day. which option should we go for?

Thank you

For 100GB a day you DEFINITELY need business.

 

[philaniH]

not even 4 bonded 10mb lines will do?

 

[HavocXphere]

Dude thats like 40 bucks per person...the internet will BLOW. You need to up it to like 200 per person at least.

 

[philaniH]

that's possible. should I get the bonded lines?

 

[HavocXphere]

not even 4 bonded 10mb lines will do?

Getting closer. My gut feeling tells me its still going to be weak though...unless you coordinate downloads somehow. If you just let everyone do there thing then a few will max the line 24/7.

 

[ChocolateBadger]

Getting closer. My gut feeling tells me its still going to be weak though...unless you coordinate downloads somehow. If you just let everyone do there thing then a few will max the line 24/7.

Server or an expensive router or both :O

 

[HavocXphere]

Well bonded means expensive router anyway.

I meant rather...put one person in charge of downloads (yes server would be good). e.g. Out of those 41, 30 want to watch the latest GoT...

Also you'll need some linux grade QoS witchcraft I think to prevent the chief downloader from messing up the latencies. OP isn't up to it by the look of things, so I hope on of those 41 is a hardcore IT tech.

e.g. I've seen communes with 2x IT gurus and 10x IT noobs. That works out pretty well. IT gurus set up a solid file server and all is well in the minds of...well everyone.

 

[Chevron]

that's possible. should I get the bonded lines?

Oh wow wait. If you can up the budget rather get Neotel Fibre. Even a 5Meg will do.

 

[hambone]

Sounds like you guys need a DC++ hub to share your downloads between yourselves. I still contend that your current connection is the best you gonna get. Are you in uni? If so, which one?

 

[philaniH]

well its a couple of CCNA and Financial sys students. let me shop for a NAS and redo my research for the needs of these guys.

 

[philaniH]

Sounds like you guys need a DC++ hub to share your downloads between yourselves. I still contend that your current connection is the best you gonna get. Are you in uni? If so, which one?

Vaal unir.