[8322] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: Net Access/Service Providers
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Galloway)
Sat Nov 13 20:04:54 1993
From: John Galloway <jrg@rahul.net>
To: com-priv@psi.com
Date: Sat, 13 Nov 1993 17:04:26 -0800 (PST)
In-Reply-To: <9311130547.AA23512@cns.cscns.com> from "Ed Tully" at Nov 12, 93 10:47:54 pm
Reply-To: jrg@galloway.sj.ca.us
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> Miles F. wrote
>
>
> > sites down towards the $20/user/month currently achieved at larger sites
>
> I agree that is the target - we just have not figured out how to do that.
> If there were more metro area participation, I think it is possible. Maybe.
>
> >
> > one example of people getting ready to do this is the Continental
> > Cablevision / PSI deal, which will bring 24-hour Internet service to
> > cable tv taps at under $100/user/month
> >
>
> Why should it be that high? the cable is there - it is old plant and has
> been paid for several times and then again- the return amp is less than
> $150. The "modem" at the customer site is about $200 in quantity. Why is the
> price so high? New toy?
Note that the PSI/cable plan essentially includes a PSI analog POTS
PPP/SLIP link AND the cable hookup (at least as I understand it). They
charge around 175/month for the SLIP link alone, and claim that most of
that cost is support. So my question is how (if what they have
said in the past is true) can they possibly get the cable/slip combo
down to less then the slip part alone, especially if the costs are
mostly due to support, which I assume will be at least as high in
the hybrid system.
-jrg
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