[Sheflug] Leased lines - can anyone recommend a provider?

["David Willington" <david.willington@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear All

I've been asked to look into alternative broadband solutions for a school.
At the moment they use the LEA's connection and aren't 100% happy. It's a
new thing for me, but I think a 2Mb dedicated line or 8Mb with a low
contention ratio (5:1 or so) might do the trick. They're asking about a
10Mb dedicated line which I think is probably going to be overkill as well
as beyond the budget (I've no idea what the budget might be though). The
school's got about 500 machines and run their website and Virtual Learning
Environment in the school, so the upload speed would need to be
reasonable.

Can anyone recommend a provider? I'm using Entanet for my home connection
and I've been very happy with them, but I've no idea if they'll be as good
for a bigger connection or if there are other issues around bigger
organisations compared to running my own home network.

Thanks

David Willington


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