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http://www.phonesystemsbrisbane.net.au 1300 851 411 http://www.slideshare.net/IPGEN/broadband-explained When shopping for bandwidth, there are things that matter and things that don’t. For example, most bandwidth vendors make a big deal about the hardware they use. But it’s really not an issue — a router is a router is a router. So don’t let the marketing hype sway you. What you should care about are the answers to these questions: What are you prepared to pay? Although bandwidth is as cheap as it has ever been, commercial-grade bandwidth still carries a significant cost. Prices range from as low as $50 per month all the way into thousands of dollars per month, and the number of users and speeds that the services support vary widely. It is also important to look at installation and/or startup costs, as well as whether the vendor includes any equipment and if that equipment is leased or purchased. Can you roll an existing service (VoIP for example) into the bandwidth offering to save overall costs? A small business (one with less than 10 users) should not be paying more than a couple of hundred dollars per month. But a lot depends on usage. If you are hosting your own servers for public and/or private access, then you need bandwidth to handle the expected traffic.TRANSCRIPT
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Here’s how to understand Bandwidth
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What is the Internet?
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Fortress of Super Computers
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What to Consider?There are things that matter
and things that don’t.
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Things that matter
How to Select a provider?
Best explained with a diagram?
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Things that matter
Exchange
Which provider owns the equipment in your local
exchange?
Public Internet
Why?• Some providers just resell other
services
• Service availability from quality provider - generally only major telco’s have equipment regional exchanges
• Contention ratio – how many times the service is resold
• Support – Australian based, support hours?
How many times this is resold – low monthly cost usually means you share with thousands of other users?
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Things that matter
What are you prepared to pay?
Installation and start up costs?
Does the provider own equipment in your area?
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Things that matter
What service level assurances to expect?
Quality of service is vital for voice
Quality of service can not be guaranteed over the public Internet
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Things that matter
Static IP address – Bigpond X
How many others do I share with?
Can I speak with a human in Australia when I have problems?
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Things that matter
Business Grade opposed to Consumer Grade
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Things that don’t matter
Ignore hardware offers
VoIP uses very little download
Price
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What we recommend
Business Grade Services
Don’t go for big down load offers, it’s 90% of businesses don’t need it.
English speaking Australian based support
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Introduction to VoIP
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VoIP Using The Public Internet
Public Internet ADSL or ADSL 2+Broadband Service
VoIP Provider
Quality can not be guaranteed
BEST EFFORT ONLY
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VoIP Using a Private Network
Public Internet ADSL or ADSL 2+Broadband Service
VoIP Provider Private Network Quality Guaranteed
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So How do I access a private network?
Only business grade VoIP providers like IP Gen or T Gen use and recommend private networks.
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So How much does a Private Network Cost?
As little as $69 / month
Perfect for VA’s offering telephone answering services
Your customers have their own direct number so you can answer appropriately
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How many phone calls can I have?
Depends on final speeds, but you’d expect 4 to 6 simultaneous calls minimum
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How does that stack up for costs?
A normal land line is approx $29 for consumers, $42 for business.
OK Multiply say 4 lines x the low $29 / month = $116 / month
Question time
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