DIY ISP (was Re:So Rogers has lost me as a customer...)

[CLIFFORD ILKAY]

On January 31, 2006 17:09, Andrew Hammond wrote:
> Personally, if I was going to get serious about my network
> connection again, I'd look for a company with a physically local
> POP and then get my firewall / router / micro-server / modem in
> there. Then you have the best of both worlds.
>
> First, your server is located in a data-center which eliminates a
> number of headaches.

Agreed.

> Second, you have full control of your uplink so you can shape your
> traffic any which way that pleases you.

Agreed.

> Third, you can upgrade your uplink whatever way pleases you. Wanna
> run the latest greatest flavour of DSL? Buy a pair of modems and go
> nuts.

Say we have servers colocated at 151 Front St. W. and that bandwidth 
at the colo facility is not a problem. Say the office is 25 km from 
the colo facility. Are you suggesting that instead of getting a cable 
or DSL connection for the office, that we could put one DSL modem in 
the colo facility and another in the office and enjoy the benefits of 
being our own ISP? Wouldn't the distance between the two locations be 
a problem for DSL?

> Fourth, this is the first step towards getting an ASN, which would
> be pretty darn cool.

Agreed.
-- 
Regards,

Clifford Ilkay
Dinamis Corporation
3266 Yonge Street, Suite 1419
Toronto, ON
Canada  M4N 3P6

+1 416-410-3326
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