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<blockquote data-quote="BSF" data-source="post: 1192586" data-attributes="member: 13098">Morrus is in the UK, right?- Can anyone weigh in on the services that would be available in the UK?&nbsp; (E1, ISDN, Cable Modem, DSL, etc)- Would Morrus really want to run the site from his house?- What would it take to get the server being hosted at Cyberstreet to Morrus' home?Europe uses E1, not T1.&nbsp; That being said, I know that I can get tremendous rates for T1 access for work, in state, but tremendous deals is still a very significant portion of $400/month.&nbsp; Not bad for a business WAN that we need up all the time.&nbsp; But, not as reasonable for a hobby site.&nbsp; Admittedly, a very popular hobby site.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />&nbsp; We would also need a router.&nbsp; But, that is not that hard to come across.&nbsp; Especially if it wasn't bleeding edge.&nbsp; Something like an older 2500 series cisco would handle things pretty darn well.&nbsp; Maybe even a 1600 series cisco.&nbsp; In the US, consumer level cable-modem or DSL service is reasonably cheap, but you do have Service Level Agreements that are not friendly to 24x7 access.&nbsp; And really, that is what we are talking about is 24x7 access with good bandwidth.&nbsp; To get creative, you could try to bring in a cable modem and a DSL line and then run it through a router that would treat them as redundant links.&nbsp; The biggest problem with this idea is that DNS might be a real bear to manage under those circumstances.&nbsp; Hmm, it is after work and I am a bit brain fried.&nbsp; Surely I am not the only one here with some network experience, so somebody else might have some better ideas.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BSF, post: 1192586, member: 13098"] Morrus is in the UK, right? - Can anyone weigh in on the services that would be available in the UK? (E1, ISDN, Cable Modem, DSL, etc) - Would Morrus really want to run the site from his house? - What would it take to get the server being hosted at Cyberstreet to Morrus' home? Europe uses E1, not T1. That being said, I know that I can get tremendous rates for T1 access for work, in state, but tremendous deals is still a very significant portion of $400/month. Not bad for a business WAN that we need up all the time. But, not as reasonable for a hobby site. Admittedly, a very popular hobby site. :) We would also need a router. But, that is not that hard to come across. Especially if it wasn't bleeding edge. Something like an older 2500 series cisco would handle things pretty darn well. Maybe even a 1600 series cisco. In the US, consumer level cable-modem or DSL service is reasonably cheap, but you do have Service Level Agreements that are not friendly to 24x7 access. And really, that is what we are talking about is 24x7 access with good bandwidth. To get creative, you could try to bring in a cable modem and a DSL line and then run it through a router that would treat them as redundant links. The biggest problem with this idea is that DNS might be a real bear to manage under those circumstances. Hmm, it is after work and I am a bit brain fried. Surely I am not the only one here with some network experience, so somebody else might have some better ideas. [/QUOTE]

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