We have been using Adelphia's PowerLink in both of our schools for the last
several years, and with the exception of the occasional "blips" mentioned we
have had good success and no bandwidth issues. Our Middle school often has
up to 40 concurrent connections through the one modem, and then we begin to
notice a drop-off...

"Residential" class service is FREE (I don't have stats on speed), but they
want $$ for an upgrade to "Business" class ($80/Month?), which would include
a static IP and faster connection.

Did I mention it's FREE? A good option for smaller schools in range of
Adelphia.


Eric Hall
Technology Coordinator
Waterbury/Duxbury Schools
Waterbury, VT



> John et al.,
>
> We have using the Adelphia service as a back up to or T! and it has been
> very good.  It does have a few blibs in service, but I do not have the
> stats since we have a our system set to take care of it.  It has give
> the students in Morrisville at great deal more conductively than what we
> had before.  If you are in an area that is severed by them, you need to
> check it out.
>
> Bill Kimball
> Information Technology Director
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: School Information Technology Discussion
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Ed Crelin
> Sent: Monday, January 24, 2005 11:49 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: cable vs. T1
>
> John et al,
> If any of you are in the Adelphia coverage area remember that they are
> chartered to offer a basic rate service to any municipality, library
> and school for free. I am curious if any other cable providers have any
> covenants on their service? We have a very small network in the Gilbert
> Hart Library in Wallingford of 5 computers and a wireless node, it
> doesn't get any heavy use. The speed is admirable at about 2.4Mbits and
> it has only gone down requiring a modem reset twice in nearly a year. I
> would assume it would be a robust and reliable option. I know Nancy
> Westlund at Flood Brook School is looking at it now. It could save them
> a bundle and may well be faster than the pricey T they have now. I'll
> report anything I find out as it progresses.
>
> Ed Crelin
> MacInsight, Inc.
> Tech Support
> Mount Holly School
> VT, usa
>
> On Jan 24, 2005, at 10:47 AM, John Munson wrote:
>
>> Now that the broadband collaborative is tabled at least in the short
>> run,
>> we here at Blue Mountain are looking at a few options for our
> broadband
>> connection. We have been speaking to Charter Communications about
> their
>> business class solutions and the pricing certainly is attractive. We
>> are
>> looking at a 3 Mbps down/384 Kbps up connection for not much over $100
>> per
>> month. My question is - are their other schools amongst us that have
>> been
>> using cable with success??
>>
>> Another option we are exploring is leasing computers vs. buying
>> outright.
>> Anyone have any experience with leasing? What pros and cons should we
>> be
>> aware of?
>>
>> Thanks for any help, thoughts on this.
>>
>> John Munson
>> Technology Coordinator
>> Blue Mountain Union School
>> Wells River, VT  05081
>> 802-757-2711
>>
>