[geeks] News server access

[joshua d boyd]

On Mon, Aug 13, 2001 at 02:52:06PM -0400, Brian Hechinger wrote:
> > But, that doesn't really help with web hosting.
> 
> sure it does.  if it was done right.  looks like sprint somehow figured it 
> would be cheaper or easier or something to run a T into your house instead
> of a bunch of copper lines.  not that it makes a whole lot of sense to me, but
> then what do i know.

Err, that was a mid sized business.  And I would think that a T1 would be
cheaper to run than 20+ phone lines.  A T1 is only 2 wires isn't it?
 
> > BTW, Penn State used to (as of 3 years ago) offer ISDN dialup for free to
> > students (assuming the student had an ISDN line at home).
> 
> right, they didn't have to pay ISP charges.  but you still paid for line charges
> and ISDN in state college is metered.  so you didn't have to pay ISP changes
> probably saved you what, $20-$30 a month?  but it was also free to dial in with
> a modem over analog lines, which is unmetered, so it was basically free. :)

Someone told me that the dorms didn't have ethernet ports, but did have
unmetered ISDN jacks (for on campus calls at least).  But again, that was
several years ago.

-- 
Joshua D. Boyd
http://www.cs.millersville.edu/~jdboyd/