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Re: CSU/DSU's, async RS-232, and PPP. How?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alvin Starr)
Thu Jul 25 19:18:08 1996
Date: Thu, 25 Jul 1996 10:38:13 -0400 (EDT)
From: Alvin Starr <alvin@eyepoint.com>
To: "Kevin D. McCormick" <fbyte@sub-zero.mit.edu>
cc: "Michael H. Warfield" <mhw@wittsend.com>, linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.91.960723222252.2240C-100000@sub-zero.mit.edu>
On Tue, 23 Jul 1996, Kevin D. McCormick wrote:
> On Tue, 23 Jul 1996, Michael H. Warfield wrote:
>
[snip]
> > Hmmm... Are you out of reach of ISDN? My BRI's are costing me
> > only slightly more than the cost of two telephone lines (BellSouth, GA -
> > your milage may vary), provide me with more than twice the capacity & features
[snip]
>
> Believe me, we would prefer BY FAR to use ISDN. You're very lucky you
> get BellSouth service. Up here in New England, all business-class ISDN
> lines (and yes, we do need business, not residential) are charged on a
> per-minute basis. Given that we would like to have 24-hour connectivity,
> and NYNEX wants $0.055 per minute, that would cost us $2,376 per month.
> We've had an offer from a NYNEX liaison company for 56k lines at $150 per
> month, so that's why we're considering it. ISDN modems aren't much
> cheaper than CSU/DSU's, you don't get the multi-DLCI capability of Frame
> Relay, and you have to deal with the occasional broken connection, but
> we'd still prefer to use it if we could because it costs so much less
> (and is so much simpler) to set up.
[snip]
There has been a lot of talk about the cost of telecommunications. I
propose that we conduct a quick and dirty poll as to the varioius costs
of telecomunications solutions. If those so inclined will send me what
they know of the costs of ISDN and 56K for there local telephone CO. I
will summerise the info and post it back to this group.
I must admit that part of my reason to get this information is to support
the notion, that what passes for compitition in the telecom industry is
not allways good for the consumer. I live in Canada where the telecom
industry up till recently was largly a regulated monopoly. Over the last
few years I have had a number of discussions with others in this area
about the high costs of telecom services from BELL, and that when
de-regulation comes we will have low rates like the US. At other times I
have had converstaions with people in the US where the issue of telephone
service costs has come up. Most of the time it seems that the costs are
higher in the US than in Canada, when equivilant service is taken into
account.
I pay $102(~$74US) for an ISDN business line:
no per minute charges
no per connection charges
regular long distance rates
access to centrex calling features(most at no extra charge)
2B channels
1 PSTN(ability to make an outgoing voice call)
no NT1
large local calling area
a town with a smaller calling are is currently being chaged $78 for the
same service.
I would love to know how this compares to others.
TIA
Alvin Starr || voice: (416)493-3325
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