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Functional Specifications

Standard Edition
 High Capacity
Intended application
 Small business starting a full-featured ISP on a tight budget Small business or telecomm requiring near-carrier-class equipment
Server room recommended?
 50 sq. ft. ventilated
UPS back-up time1 1.5 / 3 / 14 hours 1 / 2 / 10 hours
Main server functions Web, E-mail, Proxy, Database Web, E-mail, Proxy, Database, Content Management, E-commerce
Minimum recommended administrators Just one
Remote administration? Yes
Maximum recommended subscribers2 2,000 @ 256k
600 @ 1Mbps or faster 		3,000 @ 256k
2,000 @ 1Mbps or faster
Web & E-mail per subscriber at fastest broadband capacity 830MB 1.15GB
Web & E-mail per subscriber at slowest speed capacity 70MB 200MB


1Back-up times are median values for Canada-USA / Africa / maximum. Back-up time will vary because servers draw different amounts of current according to how busy they are.

2Accurately predicting subscriber load is impossible, and even a good guess is impossible when the subscriber profile is not known. The numbers shown here are conservative yet reasonable expectations for an ISP that has a balanced mix of business and home users. We rate conservatively so that everyone can expect this as a minimum, while most ISPs will be able to comfortably exceed these estimates.

Specifications updated 02 October 2008