[1085] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: internet consumer reports on state-wide IP networks (fwd)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Andrew Partan)
Wed Jul 24 18:25:10 1991
From: asp@uunet.uu.net (Andrew Partan)
To: mis@seiden.com (Mark Seiden)
Date: Wed, 24 Jul 91 17:53:22 EDT
Cc: com-priv@uu.psi.com
In-Reply-To: <9107242007.AA02433@c1.seiden.com>; from "Mark Seiden" at Jul 24, 91 4:07 pm
> in a recent com-priv posting,
> > From: asp@uunet.uu.net (Andrew Partan)
> writes:
> > AlterNet can provide a connection pretty much anywhere under our "56K
> > to anywhere" plan. If we can get a Sprint 56K circuit to you, then you
> > can join AlterNet for the cost of the local loop plus the AlterNet 56K
> > service fee per month.
>
> i find use of this term "local loop" quite interesting. i gather it
> means something different for alternet than for other carriers.
There are two parts to each leased line. The local loop is the part
done by the local telco. The long distance part is that part done by
the long distance carrier (Sprint, our this case). For *56K*
connections, we will pick up the cost of the long distance portion of
the loop, and our customer pays for just the local loop portion of the
line. We have, in effect, a "virtual" node every place in the country
(for 56K connections).
The company in NY that Mark is refering to wanted to get a SLIP
connection, thus needing a voice grade line. They choose to pick up
the complete cost of that line from NYC to our location in Falls
Church, VA. We informmend them of the option of the 56K connection,
but they choose not to do it (it actually turned out to be cheaper for
them to pay for the entire voice circuit and for the (lower) 9.6
AlterNet charge than it was for them to pay for the (more expensive)
56K router, the 56K local loop, and the (higher) 56K AlterNet charge).
We anticipate having enough business in NYC to be able to open a full
node there some time this fall (we hope). Assuming that we do so, we
fully expect our existing NYC customers to reterminate their lines to
our NYC node.
If we get a line for a customer, we pass through our cost of that line
to our customer - we make no money on customer line charges.
--asp@uunet.uu.net (Andrew Partan)
