Varying Quality - Broadband SDSL
Posted: 11th Jul, 2003 By: MarkJ
The analyst group Point Topic has found that while the global number of broadband SDSL (same speed both ways) installed lines may top 650,000 by the end of 2003, the quality and price of such services can vary:
"We think SDSL is going to be really important to the mass of small and medium businesses," said the report's author, Tim Johnson.
"It will bring proper business-strength broadband services down to a price they can afford. For example, they will be able support teleworkers much better than before, with direct access to the company network, running Ethernet over SDSL."
The report found wide variation in the costs that businesses pay and in service level agreements (SLAs). For example, a basic 2Mbps connection can cost just £65 per month from QSC in Germany but £846 per month from Cybernet in Switzerland. SLAs also varied enormously and some suppliers were still not offering them.
Sadly VNUNet's item does not sight any examples.
"We think SDSL is going to be really important to the mass of small and medium businesses," said the report's author, Tim Johnson.
"It will bring proper business-strength broadband services down to a price they can afford. For example, they will be able support teleworkers much better than before, with direct access to the company network, running Ethernet over SDSL."
The report found wide variation in the costs that businesses pay and in service level agreements (SLAs). For example, a basic 2Mbps connection can cost just £65 per month from QSC in Germany but £846 per month from Cybernet in Switzerland. SLAs also varied enormously and some suppliers were still not offering them.
Sadly VNUNet's item does not sight any examples.
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