[ELECTRON] broadband costs
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Mon Apr 27 13:18:49 UTC 2009
Sounds good to me. Document could potentially give something once we
hear of funding say £50 pa
Paula
On 27/04/2009, Simon Yuill <simon at lipparosa.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have spoken with the the Phone Co-op to get details on what would be
> the best broadband package for us.
>
> The one that looks best value is one for small businesses they offer
> called 'Business Saver 10':
>
> http://www.thephone.coop/business/soho.html
>
> Costs are:
>
> £19 + VAT a month for line rental and broadband
> £99 + VAT for line installation
> £46.59 + VAT for a ZyXel 660H 4 Port Ethernet Router/Hub, preconfigured
> with firewall (this is optional, if we can provide our own ADSL2+
> modem-router)
> no setup fee
>
> Phone calls are charged separately, depending on usage. The call charges
> are:
>
> 1.98p per minute - peak local
> 1.99p per minute - peak national
> 0.85p per minute - offpeak local
> 1.3p per minute - offpeak national
> 1.26p per minute - weekend national
> 11p per minute - peak to all mobile networks
> 8.5p per minute - offpeak to all mobile networks
>
> We have to commit to a 12 month initial contract. We can pay either in
> monthly installments by direct debit or in a lump sum in advance.
>
> Although the total monthly usage is much lower than the cheapest
> domestic package (Anytime Saver gives 40MB compared to the 10GB for the
> business package), the upload speed for business customers is much
> higher than for home users. Upload speed for business is 1024kbps
> compared to 448Kbps for home users.
>
> 10GB may not sound much but provided we are not downloading loads of
> video content it's quite a lot. There is a calculator here to help
> estimate how much would be used:
>
> http://www.thephone.coop/residential/broadband/capacity-calculator.html
>
> Assuming in one month that people send 2,000 standard emails, 1,000 with
> images, spend 3 hours day surfing, watch 200 video clips, download 10
> pieces of software and make 2 big downloads, then that all comes to:
> 5.09 GB, well within the 10GB limit.
>
>
> The cost for the first year would be:
>
> line installation: £99.00
> ADSL modem £46.59
> 1 year's broadband £228.00
> total (exc VAT): £373.59
>
> VAT at 17.5%: £65.38
> total (inc VAT): £438.97
>
>
> If we are going to raise funds for this, it might be sensible to try and
> raise enough to cover 2 years broadband usage, which would add an
> additional £267.90 (£228.00 + VAT). So the total for setup and 2 years
> broadband would be:
>
> 2 years (inc VAT): £706.87
>
> I had a chat with Francis McKee, the director of CCA about this, and
> asked if they would be willing to chip in if we shared the broadband
> with them. This would be only for use in the Artist's Flat and the
> gallery spaces, not part of the public wifi access or CCA office usage.
> The Artist's Flat and gallery are two areas where the CCA sometimes need
> a more specialised internet access for artist doing web-based work (such
> as Martine Crispo who some of you might have met last year). Usage from
> these two sources would vary depending on what kind of artists and
> exhibitions they had in and is unlikely to be constant throughout the
> year. Francis has said that they would be interested in contributing -
> although final decision does not rest with him. Now that I have some
> concrete costs I will get back in touch and see what they say.
>
> In terms of making this happen at a practical level we have potentially
> 3 sources of funding this:
>
> - voluntary donations from groups and individuals currently using the
> space who want to make use of the broadband
> - a possible contribution from the CCA
> - money raised from fund-raising event
>
> Now that we have some concrete figures it would be good to hear from
> those who would be up for donating so we can get a sense of how much we
> have there.
>
> Also, in terms of getting it off the ground sooner rather than later one
> way to approach it might be to pull together enough for the basic
> install plus 3 months broadband, this would be: £238.04. Then raise the
> rest from CCA and the fund-raising event.
>
> So what kind of fund-raising event? Well, we had a meeting last week and
> I think Dan is going to get back to the list about that.
>
>
> To get things started however, it would be good to get some feedback
> from those interested in us having broadband.
>
>
> best wishes
> Si
>
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