TLicense Posted January 6, 2007 Share Posted January 6, 2007 We're looking to transmit large amounts of data between two sites in two different countries at work. What would be the fastest data transfer you could get for a commercial enterprise? I mean you can get 8Mb/s residential links for next to peanuts what can you get if you spent some real money? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted January 6, 2007 Share Posted January 6, 2007 Where i used to work had a gigabit connection to the internet and other offices. Cost like 4k a month from what i heard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted January 6, 2007 Share Posted January 6, 2007 Depends on the locations but I would recommend LAN extentions, for cost I think they are great. Available in 10,100 and possible 1000mb depending on the provider. These are point to point circuits. EDIT: just read two countries so may not be a good idea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLicense Posted January 6, 2007 Author Share Posted January 6, 2007 Yep, need to transfer Data (100's of M/bytes at a time) between Uk and Italy. We have a dedicated 100Mbit/s link (optical fibre link) between our 2 sites in the UK. Ideally we want to transfer data at the same rate to italy, but I don't think we'll be up to laying an optical cable across Mont Blanc.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGav Posted January 6, 2007 Share Posted January 6, 2007 Cost is the biggest thing... You can get pretty much anything you want, however you WILL pay for it. Multiplexed fibres and all sorts... Which two countries, as it affects which options are available... Bugger, ignore me, I just rolled out of bed... Italy and UK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted January 6, 2007 Share Posted January 6, 2007 Money was no object then 622.08 Mbps OC12 links A more sensible option would be DS3 at 45 Mbps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGav Posted January 6, 2007 Share Posted January 6, 2007 I would consider bonded SDSL lines or something of that natures if you want it cheaper, however BT will be able to offer pipes with gaureenteed bandwidth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucifer Posted January 6, 2007 Share Posted January 6, 2007 OC192 all the way baby - get it haulled over there Tony - seriously, NTL will be albe to provide you or even BT if you still like them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGav Posted January 6, 2007 Share Posted January 6, 2007 Something I remember seeing a while back, there was a company in the UK that specializes in data shifting of engineering data. They provide the links to your premises and then they handle the back haul. I'll see if I can find it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted January 6, 2007 Share Posted January 6, 2007 OC192 all the way baby - get it haulled over there 10Gb, gonna be nice and cheap I know an internet project thats going live soon with 8 of those Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucifer Posted January 6, 2007 Share Posted January 6, 2007 10Gb, gonna be nice and cheap I know an internet project thats going live soon with 8 of those Fec me! I used to work for Nortel / Bookham. Didnt realise optelectronics were so in demand still. I just htough once you layed the cable.... well and all that! Wont be long until we get fibre to the desktop @home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLicense Posted January 6, 2007 Author Share Posted January 6, 2007 I've basically got to approach our IT department with a "we want to do this..." kind of conversation, and I wanted to make sure he couldn't fob me off with any kind of "It's not feasible to transfer this much data over the net". Cheers chaps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted January 6, 2007 Share Posted January 6, 2007 With the right pipes in place at each end you can transfer what ever you want over the net, BUT for large amounts of data I would recommend a point to point circuit of some description. Also as an example, a 100mb LAN extention costs a fraction of what a 100mb internet pipe would cost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imi Posted January 6, 2007 Share Posted January 6, 2007 I've basically got to approach our IT department with a "we want to do this..." kind of conversation, and I wanted to make sure he couldn't fob me off with any kind of "It's not feasible to transfer this much data over the net". Cheers chaps. Probably wont want it to go over the "internet" as such; rather over your private network through the SP; between the two countries. A service provider like BT, C&W, verizon should easily be able to help you out. What will be crucial is to know what sort of data is it? what sort of latency is it that you require, what sort of SLAs are acceptable to you, etc, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted January 6, 2007 Share Posted January 6, 2007 Would the Italien company have a Prancing Horse for a logo? DS3 sounds like a good option. 45MB/S...you won't really benefit from anything higher IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted January 6, 2007 Share Posted January 6, 2007 Probably wont want it to go over the "internet" as such; rather over your private network through the SP; between the two countries. A service provider like BT, C&W, verizon should easily be able to help you out. What will be crucial is to know what sort of data is it? what sort of latency is it that you require, what sort of SLAs are acceptable to you, etc, etc. Don't use C&W whatever you do! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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