[10984] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: How Long to a Multimedia Internet?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (James Horton)
Thu Mar 17 10:18:10 1994
Date: Thu, 17 Mar 1994 10:02:08 -0500 (EST)
From: James Horton <horton@cftnet.com>
To: Bob Larribeau <blarrib@netcom.com>
Cc: George Herbert <gwh@crl.com>, com-priv@psi.com
In-Reply-To: <199403171449.GAA23504@mail2.netcom.com>
But is not the amount of data sent via these connections, ISDN or
switched 56 metered, leaving the user with a MUCH larger bill than
$30 or $45 per month? For similar prices you can use PPP with
modems and move data traffic around the LATA for fixed rate fees!
This is enormously less expensive than ISDN metered access!
If you need more bandwidth, use additional phone lines, modems
and use OSPF with PPP.
If flat rate ISDN or switched 56 is available for less than $100
per month, anywhere, Please have the Telco contact GTE in Tampa,
so they can 'do lunch'.
James
On Thu, 17 Mar 1994, Bob Larribeau wrote:
> >
> >>In the current issue of Data Communications, FastComm states "Phone
> >>company monthly tariffs for Switched 56 have dropped to under $30 in
> >>some areas." Unfortunately, they don't volunteer to identify those
> >>areas...
> >
> >I believe that Northern California is one such area, though on the
> >whole there are slightly more attractive options (Frame Relay for one).
> >
> >--
> >george william herbert gwh@crl.com
> >Work: System / Net Administrator, CR Labs Home/Play: Retro Aerospace
> >
> >
> A switched 56 line in California is $45 per month. You can get an ISDN line
> for $28 per month in California. One ISDN line is the equivalent of two
> switched 56 lines. ISDN also interoperates with switched 56.
>
> ISDN tariffs in the rest of the country range from $30 per month up to about
> $50 a month in most places.
>
> Bob Larribeau
> Consultant
> San Francisco
>
>
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