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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Steve Crook wrote: > > In terms of the current pricing scheme for ADSL, it is cheaper to > have two phone lines and a 50:1 service on both of them rather than a > single 20:1 service. This of course has the added benefit of > providing me with a second telephone number for office/fax use. I > was wondering if anyone else had considered this alternative, and if > so how they would go about balancing load across two Internet > connections? With two lines at 1:50 you are probably contending with yourself so load balancing wouldn't help with contention much I suspect, depending how they implement the sharing at/behind the exchange. Since they are probably both plugged into the same DSLAM in the same exchange, I doubt it would help much with reliability, either! <plug for free software>Without knowing more about your requirements it is hard to comment. I believe UKFSN.ORG are launching an ADSL service imminently. </plug for free software> Wonder if Theo does ADSL... I think doing the Office again I'd use a hosted fax service - fax to email, for incoming. As for business lines, is distinctive ring an option? I went ISDN myself, still the only offering here, but the bills are rather big for a dosmetic telephone user once you add in Anytime. So I'd err on the side of not committing to big annual contracts unless the busiess/office needs clearly dictate it, distinctive ring, plus 50:1 ?! Does that work as a combination? -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE+7Y3DGFXfHI9FVgYRAgTTAKDVpITZaiply3PA6oz4fkchgZNmqACgpCMt 6S4zb9LNQdLWll6sU/HEg2o= =2zsL -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe.