[AusNOG] internet connection in a difficult location

[Jeffrey Sims]

Correct me if I'm wrong here, but if you can't get fibre, why not go a
fibre based connection?

Especially if there is no copper, up there they probably all use microwave
links because of the exact scenarios you provided.


On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 9:01 PM, James Troy <James.Troy at intelematics.com>wrote:

> Hi all,****
>
>                 I am hoping to draw on the expertise of this list, we have
> a site that until today has been running on a dialup connection that had a
> static IP address. This was working fine and was sufficient for our needs
> however as of today our provider EOL the product we were on an to change to
> another provider for dialup is quite frankly painful. The history of the
> site (ATV-10 Tower Ornata Road MT DANDENONG) is that it suffers from
> multiple lightning strikes a year and lightning rods don’t always take the
> full hit. In fact the last major hit it had melted the copper MDF and thus
> it was decided that the copper would not be replaced.****
>
> ** **
>
> Until today our dialup line has been delivered over a fibre connection,
> however I want to move away from this setup mainly because of how
> unreliable dialup is becoming (try to buy a v.92 modem quickly these days)
> ****
>
> ** **
>
> We had a cable connection priced up and the install alone was $500,000 and
> entirely unfeasible. Due to the lack of copper so is any DSL based tech.
> the only options I can see is a 3G connection (signal strength wont be an
> issue being next to the tower) however I was hoping for a fixed line
> solution. Can anyone else think of another way of getting a reliable,
> “always on” connection that will support us running a VPN over it?****
>
> ** **
>
> FYI microwave and other wireless tech’s have also been looked at but the
> install cost is once again unfeasible.****
>
> ** **
>
> Perhaps if any providers already have a fibre connection to the site and
> can deliver I would love to hear from you.****
>
> ** **
>
> James Troy****
>
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