Happy New Year!
Of-course today, the 2nd of January is still a bank holiday in Scotland. Sensible people those Scots, of which I am one too, so maybe I’ll just go back to bed 
However, from myself and Drogon Systems, lets hope for a happy and prosperous 2009!
So 2009 – what’s it going to hold for us all? Out Internet providers are squabbling over how fast they can get data to us – Virgin and Be claiming 50 and up-to 45Mb/sec respectively with BT continuing to roll-out their wholesale ADSL2+ product (up to 24Mb/sec). It’s little help if we’re getting data off slow sites though, or if they then throttle the speed after we’ve downloaded our quota for the day in 10 seconds rather than 10 minutes now. Personally, I don’t mind data caps, as long as we know up-front what they are so can make a choice as to who to choose based on our expected data requirements.
From a VoIP point of view, which is what I really care about right now, you’ll be hard-pushed to really come close to most limits on monthly data transfers, but what we do need is upstream speed and an ISP who’s own network has little or no contention inside it. That does narrow it down somewhat, so if you’re going down the VoIP route, do listen to your supplier – they’ll have a good idea of who’s good and who’s not, and if it’s a business service you’re after, do be prepared to pay a little bit more for the service.
Here at Drogon Systems, we’re expanding our network infrastructure with more servicers going to the co-lo facility this month, as well as some upgrades being carried out. The DSX is about to undergo a major software upgrade which will add in a host of new features, and who knows what else. As long as people keep making phone calls, we’ll be here to help them make those calls!