In reply to a post by Whitehall11:

Morning All,

So after quite a lot of frustration and a some very helpful advice from the likes of Pheasant and Co here: Leased Line ECC's

We've finally had the cable laid by contractors this week connecting our rural office to the local POP for SSE (NEOSNetworks now i think?) inside a Peak District exchange i'm told.

It's a 1GB Bearer, which will be set at 500/500 profile for now to see how we get on and if we need to increase it.

Has anyone got any suggestions on a good router and separate firewall to use with this leased line? I do have some kit arriving that comes with the contract but i'd appreciate any advice.

Never easy is it? However really good news you will be connected soon.

Have you had any further thoughts on router (and firewall) decisions? There's a world of choice out there depending on your needs, budget, experience etc. Quite a difficult one to make a recommendation on other than from personal experience/bias which may not be aligned to yours.

Do you know what managed router SSE are providing? I'm supposing it will be either a Cisco or Juniper box.