In reply to a post by candlerb:

Also try sticking your address in linebroker.co.uk

Good shout, but just for clarity, Linebroker is not an actual leased line comparison website - in the sense that some folks might expect. It's actually the brand name for X.COMM - so actually it's just the one comms provider issuing different circuit prices from various backhaul networks.

An actual comparison website that will send your query to several actual CPs, like for example to Amvia, Focus1, Aspire, etc is leasedline.co.uk

Thought i should give an update as we've made a lot of progress since Monday...

I've managed to strike a deal with SSE for a similar amount we we're going to pay Vodafone, i had no idea they had a POP in the rural Peak District, who'd of thought it! (Also a 55 day lead time, which i think is super!)

They've come back today and offered us much more reasonable ECC's on initial survey and when pressed on if they would jump up to anything like Vodafone, the guy on the phone chuckled and said 'he'd eat his hat' if the survey data was wrong. So finger's crossed! This is for a 1GB Circuit Bearer at the moment so i'm excited to see if we can indeed pull this off!

I have also spoken to A&A about getting a FTTC Backup in addition to our current connection to make sure we're always running, again a very promising sign!

All in all, very happy with how we've got on. Thanks to everyone who gave their insight, and hopefully i won't end up buying a JCB to do it myself.

Out if interest - if you're willing - what sort of fee is a 1GB leased line?

In reply to a post by Woolwich:

Out if interest - if you're willing - what sort of fee is a 1GB leased line?

Roughly talking £500-600 a month of a 3 Year Contract. I always thought it seemed quite steep until you get talking about SLA's and Install times, plus it's supposedly symmetrical speeds. Next thing i need to work out is how we sort out a firewall for all of this.

In reply to a post by Woolwich:

Out if interest - if you're willing - what sort of fee is a 1GB leased line?

Cost monthly cost varies *a lot* depending on where you are in the country. Central London its possible to get 1G on 1G leased circuits for less than £350 pcm + VAT. I'm paying less than that for my circuit.

In reply to a post by Whitehall11:

Thought i should give an update as we've made a lot of progress since Monday...

I've managed to strike a deal with SSE for a similar amount we we're going to pay Vodafone, i had no idea they had a POP in the rural Peak District, who'd of thought it! (Also a 55 day lead time, which i think is super!)

They've come back today and offered us much more reasonable ECC's on initial survey and when pressed on if they would jump up to anything like Vodafone, the guy on the phone chuckled and said 'he'd eat his hat' if the survey data was wrong. So finger's crossed! This is for a 1GB Circuit Bearer at the moment so i'm excited to see if we can indeed pull this off!

I have also spoken to A&A about getting a FTTC Backup in addition to our current connection to make sure we're always running, again a very promising sign!

All in all, very happy with how we've got on. Thanks to everyone who gave their insight, and hopefully i won't end up buying a JCB to do it myself.

That is good news. Fingers crossed for you this time around!

Welcome to the #second_time_lucky_leased_line_club - I'm the club secretary!

In reply to a post by Whitehall11:

In reply to a post by Woolwich:

Out if interest - if you're willing - what sort of fee is a 1GB leased line?

Roughly talking £500-600 a month of a 3 Year Contract. I always thought it seemed quite steep until you get talking about SLA's and Install times, plus it's supposedly symmetrical speeds. Next thing i need to work out is how we sort out a firewall for all of this.

The DrayTek 3910 would easily meet the bandwidth needs

Thanks Dan