Maintenance charges
The annual maintenance charges shall be as follows:
Ethernet repeater ports (segments) | £128.00 | Note 1 |
Router ports | £1706.00 | Note 2 |
Etherswitch (per 12 ports) | £128.00 | Note 3 |
Additional 100 Mbps backbone port | £33.00 | Note 4 |
1000 Mbps (Gigabit) backbone port | £128.00 | Note 5 |
Additional fibre pairs | £387.00 | Note 6 |
Cisco 35xx router/switch | £510.00 | Note 7 |
1000 Mbps etherswitch | £254.00 | Note 3 |
Wireless access point | £44.00 | Note 8 |
Private wireless access point | £44.00 | Note 8 |
Notes
- This applies to "thin-wire" installations. For twisted pair installations, each repeater will be charged pro-rata, based on a 12 port repeater being equivalent to one thin-wire repeater port. Single attachments through a transceiver are charged at one eighth of a thin-wire segment.
- Per network connections usually only apply to those networks not maintained by EUCS. Where a private network is attached and has a mixture of organisations, then the annual maintenance charge will be pro rata on the number of ports.
- Ether switches are available with a multiplicity of configurations, especially port numbers. Their maintenance charge will be based on the number of ports, which includes the same infrastructure element as a 12 port repeater. The charges shown are are for the current basic recommended switch models and may be increased if a higher specification switch is installed with the agreement of the department. Disconnection of ports: While there is no charge for disconnecting any port there will be a charge for reconnecting this port within the current financial year. The charge will be the annual charge taking into account the number of existing ports plus a connection charge of #30 for up to 5 ports reconnected or #50 for more than 5 ports reconnected.
- Extra 100 Mbps ports backbone ports may be purchased by departments at a capital cost of #515. Each will then carry an extra recurrent charge as shown.
- If a department wishes a Gigabit backbone port to replace the 100 Mbps port it is entitled to on the backbone, there will be a capital cost of ᕅ for the router interface, plus any fibre termination costs (if required) plus an extra recurrent cost as shown.
- If sufficient fibres exist, a department may rent a pair between buildings in the same campus area. This charge is per pair, per fibre cable - as cables usually run out from Information Services distribution points, getting between two buildings usually means using two cables. Information Services can advise on any requirements and costs.
- The Cisco 35xx range of routing/switches is used in certain specialist situations when agreed with the School.
- A school can install and maintain its own WAPs and link them to the central system - the private charge reflects the maintenance of the central gateways etc.