[geeks] News server access

[Ken Hansen]

I had personal ISDN for about two years, 6 mos. after my employer stopped
paying for it, I dropped it for DSL (I signed up the *day* I got the letter
telling me it was available - I went from the mailbox to the phone and
ordered it *immediately*).

ISDN was OK, but *far* from cost-competitive w/DSL - IIRC, it was about
$50-60/month (depending on pre-paid minutes) + ISP charges. DSL was $50,
then $40 for unlimitied, 5x connection *including* ISP charges.

Ken
----- Original Message -----
From: "joshua d boyd" <jdboyd at cs.millersville.edu>
To: <geeks at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Monday, August 13, 2001 2:03 PM
Subject: Re: [geeks] News server access


> On Mon, Aug 13, 2001 at 01:52:32PM -0400, Brian Hechinger wrote:
> > maybe that's why they went out of business, but i find that hard to
believe.
> > they existed pre-DSL/cable selling dialup, T1's, T3's and Frame-Relay of
every
> > shape and size.  they are a total kick ass business.  i can't understand
why
> > they didn't make it.
>
> Maybe they tried to make some fundamental changes at the same time.  A lot
> of DSL companies invested in more than just DSL.  They also tried to offer
> voice and other services at the same time, and built the framework to
> support those other services, but the business demand wasn't there in
> time.  Trying to remeber where I heard that.
>
> PS, does anyone on the east coast (verizon area) have ISDN?  Care to
> comment on it?  I'm having trouble getting straight pricing info (want a
> service that actually allows me to run a server, and has multiple IPs).
>
> --
> Joshua D. Boyd
> http://www.cs.millersville.edu/~jdboyd/
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