Back in January, I wrote about how I was shifting my telco/net connections. Well, I spoke too soon. It turns out I’m 15,000ft from the CO (as the wire runs) and that is too far for 768Kbs SDSL. They even came out and measured the various tolerances. Just wouldn’t work.
So at present, my network connection remains the same. Not sure what options I have, so I’ll sit tight. One small possibility is ADSL, which might work to give me a little more bandwidth in one direction, but they limit the number of static IP addressed you can get to 5. So I’ll need to talk with them about that.
Speaking of telecom, I finally bought a second patch panel for my little rack, and punched down all of the wires running into the closet. Not I just need to buy a bunch of connectors and terminate the 25 or so wires in the house that still dangle from holes in the wall.
Since upstream bandwidth was the driving factor for the upgrade, ADSL doesn’t help that. While speaking with the tech, even with ADSL, the upstream bandwidth will be maxed out at 384kb.
I’m currentl;y thinking of moving the real servers to a different site and upgrading to a “Prosumer” setup with Comcast for my “playground” machines.