Date: Wed, 1 Sep 1999 19:02:54 -0400 (EDT) From: Bill Vermillion <bill@bilver.magicnet.net> To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sprint vs Quest Message-ID: <199909012304.TAA05187@bilver.magicnet.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990901153907.47218F-100000@abatis.sweb.com> from john at "Sep 1, 1999 03:43:43 pm"
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john recently said: > This isn't exactly proprietary information, but i've seen > people paying as much as 1500 to 2000 a month for a 128kilobit > connection. I have gotten quotes from Sprint for T1's that were > over 3000 a month (!). Thats *excluding* loop charges from local > telco. The cheapest Sprint T1 i've seen was for like 1750.. again, > excluding local loop charges. That's a bit pricey. I work with a niche market ISP - no dialups at all - and they've found that you can go shopping for local connectivity if you are in a large enough metro area. We got a quote for local transport on a DS3 - full 45Mbit - for just about $2K. That's a damn cheap pipe. Filling it does cost more. We try to own and have billed to us - as many pieces of our pipeline as possibly - so we can get directly to the transport provider without have to call the service provider and have them call the tranport provider. Bill -- bv@wjv.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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