Hi,
Not sure where this belongs so will post under 'General'.
Where I live I have the following broadband options:
1) ADSL (no VDSL) at about 3Mbps down and whatever infinitesimal small bandwidth up, delivered over OR. Price - no idea - really never, ever, considering going down this hell hole again....
2) Voneus fixed wireless access at about 45Mbps down and 25Mbps up. Price - £35 a month with static IP they forget to charge me for...shhh!
3) Vodafone LTE - 30 to 45Mbps down and roughly 15Mbps up - £20.80 a month on cashback deal.
4) Soon, maybe 6 moths'ish, TrueSpeed FTTP starting at 200Mbps up and down. £47.50 a month.
5) Possibly, but not betting my life on it, GigaClear as part of CDS roll-out at some distant point in the future........
My requirements are:
1) Reliability and resilience. I work from home 4 days a week and need very reliable Internet.
2) For work 10Mbps up and down is probably sufficient.
3) For home use I like to regularly download 'Linux distributions' from Usenet.
4) I backup my server regularly to Backblaze B2, but only photos and stuff, those 'Linux distributions' can be downloaded again if required.
5) Ideally I would like to stick with my current VoIP setup which is SIPGATE for incoming calls and Locaphone for outgoing calls, I have a Polycom SIP deskphone and a Polycom ATA so can support a couple of lines.
6) Support for a Vfe Sure Signal femto cell.
7) 40Mbps down and 20Mbps up is probably quite sufficient for me.
My current config is:
1) Primary broadband using Voneus FWA.
2) Bulk traffic and fail over using Vfe 4G.
3) Running PFSense router with VPN clients and servers, geo-blocking, split tunneling and WAN fail over.
4) Static IP (Voneus WAN only).
5) Multi-line dirt cheap VoIP.
6) Sure Signal working fine and dandy.
My current recurring comms expenditure is £35 + £20.80 a month + about £2.50 on VoIP calls.
I am quite satisfied with my current setup and it is very reliable. It meets my requirements in almost every way. I do have a couple of concerns:
1) If/when Voneus lose subscribers to TrueSpeed (which they will in droves) then will Voneus pull the plug on the FWA in the village because it becomes uneconomical?
2) If I don't sign up with TrueSpeed at the outset will it be difficult to be connected up at a latter date if required?
3) Can I use my existing SIP VoIP accounts on TrueSpeed and not their VoIP phone service?
4) Will TrueSpeed offer me a Static IP on their basic package (no way I can justify their £70 package), and if so, for how much?
5) Can I use my own router with VPNs, fail over etc with TrueSpeed?
I have asked the above ISPs for some input and awaiting some answers. My preference I think is to stick with Voneus/Vfe. It ticks all the boxes. I am not happy to go with TrueSpeed on its own without fail over, and not keen on spending any more than I need to.
If anybody can answer any of my questions or have some suggestions I would be keen to hear.
C
Not sure where this belongs so will post under 'General'.
Where I live I have the following broadband options:
1) ADSL (no VDSL) at about 3Mbps down and whatever infinitesimal small bandwidth up, delivered over OR. Price - no idea - really never, ever, considering going down this hell hole again....
2) Voneus fixed wireless access at about 45Mbps down and 25Mbps up. Price - £35 a month with static IP they forget to charge me for...shhh!
3) Vodafone LTE - 30 to 45Mbps down and roughly 15Mbps up - £20.80 a month on cashback deal.
4) Soon, maybe 6 moths'ish, TrueSpeed FTTP starting at 200Mbps up and down. £47.50 a month.
5) Possibly, but not betting my life on it, GigaClear as part of CDS roll-out at some distant point in the future........
My requirements are:
1) Reliability and resilience. I work from home 4 days a week and need very reliable Internet.
2) For work 10Mbps up and down is probably sufficient.
3) For home use I like to regularly download 'Linux distributions' from Usenet.
4) I backup my server regularly to Backblaze B2, but only photos and stuff, those 'Linux distributions' can be downloaded again if required.
5) Ideally I would like to stick with my current VoIP setup which is SIPGATE for incoming calls and Locaphone for outgoing calls, I have a Polycom SIP deskphone and a Polycom ATA so can support a couple of lines.
6) Support for a Vfe Sure Signal femto cell.
7) 40Mbps down and 20Mbps up is probably quite sufficient for me.
My current config is:
1) Primary broadband using Voneus FWA.
2) Bulk traffic and fail over using Vfe 4G.
3) Running PFSense router with VPN clients and servers, geo-blocking, split tunneling and WAN fail over.
4) Static IP (Voneus WAN only).
5) Multi-line dirt cheap VoIP.
6) Sure Signal working fine and dandy.
My current recurring comms expenditure is £35 + £20.80 a month + about £2.50 on VoIP calls.
I am quite satisfied with my current setup and it is very reliable. It meets my requirements in almost every way. I do have a couple of concerns:
1) If/when Voneus lose subscribers to TrueSpeed (which they will in droves) then will Voneus pull the plug on the FWA in the village because it becomes uneconomical?
2) If I don't sign up with TrueSpeed at the outset will it be difficult to be connected up at a latter date if required?
3) Can I use my existing SIP VoIP accounts on TrueSpeed and not their VoIP phone service?
4) Will TrueSpeed offer me a Static IP on their basic package (no way I can justify their £70 package), and if so, for how much?
5) Can I use my own router with VPNs, fail over etc with TrueSpeed?
I have asked the above ISPs for some input and awaiting some answers. My preference I think is to stick with Voneus/Vfe. It ticks all the boxes. I am not happy to go with TrueSpeed on its own without fail over, and not keen on spending any more than I need to.
If anybody can answer any of my questions or have some suggestions I would be keen to hear.
C