Single FTTP vs Multi FTTC

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MattyB_

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2,008 posts

256 months

Tuesday 6th October 2015
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We provide internet connectivity to multiple sites - our larger sites have been using 100mb FTTP since before the days of cheap FTTC, so it was the only option at that time. Our smaller sites have been migrating from ISDN/ADSL recently to 80 or 40mb FTTC.

Now FTTP is about £600 a month, compared to 40 a month for FTTC. It's a massive cost difference. We've been monitoring the larger sites, and their utilisation rarely peaks above 50% and mainly hovvers around 20%. Upload barely registers.

For a fraction of the cost of FTTP, we could bond two FTTC giving similar performance?

So what's the downside? Am I missing something obvious? Note this connections are purely used for internet access, no site-to-site or anything complicated - saving each site over £5k a year is huge...

jep

1,183 posts

208 months

Wednesday 7th October 2015
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Yup, crack on, it's a far more cost effective option for small businesses. Zyxel do reasonable routers that can take 2 VDSL feeds.

rsbmw

3,464 posts

104 months

Wednesday 7th October 2015
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SLA might be different/better for FTTP if that matters to you, depends on how important connectivity is to each site I suppose. If it's not important enough to care about SLA, then I probably wouldn't even bond FTTC from the utilisation you have stated, sounds like it would be just fine without.

megaphone

10,694 posts

250 months

Wednesday 7th October 2015
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I've used TP-Link load balancing routers on a couple of sites to 'bond' two connections together, good value and easy to set up.

http://uk.tp-link.com/products/biz-list-4910.html

bimsb6

8,034 posts

220 months

Wednesday 7th October 2015
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Surely it depends on what speed you can get at each site on fttc ? This will vary from site to site depending on distance from the cabinet in the same way adsl varies in distance from the exchange .

maffski

1,866 posts

158 months

Wednesday 7th October 2015
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Given the cost and age of install is it really FTTP or leased line?

If the latter then the differences will be SLA, contention ratio, SLA and perhaps support/management.

How much would it affect you if one or more of these lines went down?

MattyB_

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2,008 posts

256 months

Wednesday 7th October 2015
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Sorry yes, they're leased lines rather than FTTP. Contention ratio will be higher, but based on usage I don't see this being a problem. Tighter SLA on the leased, but for the cost saving, we could provide 4G failover in those situations.

Will have to investigate further, thanks for all the info smile

WinstonWolf

72,857 posts

238 months

Wednesday 7th October 2015
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The Cisco RV range handle this very well and don't cost the earth. They also have good management which may be of use to you.