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Old 01-26-2011, 04:27 PM   #222
Rathji
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Originally Posted by HOOT View Post
How much do you pay and how much bandwidth do you get?

Curious question...
I won't answer with specifics, because as a non-profit the numbers are skewed with some discounts we get (and I really don't know what the real cost is after they are all applied).

However, one of the first things I did when I started was get a new ISP because they were literally on the equivalent of Telus residential ASDL (500k up, 3MB down). As I recall, the quotes I got were roughly $400 for 1-2 MB/s duplex, normally around 100GB monthly transfer. The overages charges made what Shaw is set to charge to residential customers look very reasonable.

I will see if I can dig out my spread sheet for it tomorrow and post some specific numbers, but it was pretty universal that it was twice as expensive at least for business customers.
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