[9279] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Cost vs benefit of internet services
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Barry Shein)
Mon Dec 27 20:09:37 1993
Date: Mon, 27 Dec 1993 20:08:56 -0500
From: bzs@world.std.com (Barry Shein)
To: bcox@gmu.edu
Cc: com-priv@psi.com, digex@ss1.digex.net
In-Reply-To: bcox@gmu.edu (Brad Cox's message of Mon, 27 Dec 1993 19:06:55 -0500 <9312280006.AA02016@mason1.gmu.edu>
>From: bcox@gmu.edu (Brad Cox @ GMU/PSOL)
>>Where do you see an order of magnitude price difference? I don't see
>>that.
>
>I understand that vanilla dialups are $20/mo; SLIP/PPP accounts are
>$250/mo. I never even knew that SLIP/PPP involves a dedicated modem at the
>upstream end. If there's a lower-cost option that doesn't involve the 10x
>delta, I'm *interested*.
Well, Alterdial, for example, is $20/mo+$3/hr for SLIP. There are
other providers offering similarly priced services. Whether that ends
up costing less depends on your own usage patterns, there are 700
hours in a month, but there are other considerations also which you
need to get from a provider.
I'm sure all of them would be happy to provide you with the gruesome
details.
-Barry Shein
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