Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 02:42:38 -0400 (EDT) From: Omachonu Ogali <oogali@intranova.net> To: spork <spork@super-g.com> Cc: Jan Knepper <jan@smartsoft.cc>, thomas@hentschel.net, FreeBSD-ISP@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Startup FreeBSD ISP host. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10005050235180.51505-100000@hydrant.intranova.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.00.10005050158050.9442-100000@super-g.inch.com>
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I can be the local FreeBSD guru (heh), but Bell Atlantic's rates are steep, watch out. ISDN installation in my area is $600-700 and unlimited ISDN is $150/month, then you top on your ISP's cost for the bandwidth used (typically $150-200 for 1 B-channel and $300-500 for 2 B-channels, provided this is dedicated ISDN). The DSL capability in Bell Atlantic territory requires you to be within 2.5 miles (Approximately 15,000 feet) of your central office. I'm sorry to say, but that's the about the correct price range for an ISDN line in Bell Atlantic's New Jersey territory, plus you're choosing Bell Atlantic which eliminates the option of price negotiation. In case you're wondering, I'm in northern New Jersey and those were the prices quoted to me different Bell Atlantic representatives and BellAtlantic.Net representatives. On Fri, 5 May 2000, spork wrote: > Take a quick peek at dslreports.com... They can qualify you through a > number of dsl providers. Covad is reporting your address as "not found", > which sounds like an error. If you don't get a response on dslreports, > try putting in a neighboring address to see what you get. You appear to > be about 20.000 feet out from your CO. This is close enough to get IDSL > and you may even qualify for a low speed SDSL circuit. > > I think Covad has your CO lit, and there should be a number of local ISPs > ready to serve you. Keep in mind IDSL is 144K that is always on and > flat-billed, so it's a nice step up from ISDN. Also, do you need more > than 144K? We have a number of customers with 10-12 person offices with > 192K SDSL, and they are hosting mail servers and small web servers on > these lines while using it for access... > > It sounds like you need to find a quality, economical ISP near you. Steer > clear of Bell Atlantic, they haven't really learned the internet yet. > Even if you do end up going frame relay, look for an isp that will make a > deal that includes: > > -telco charges > -bandwidth charges > -hosting for X number of sites > -dns hosting > > Someone should be able to provide this for less than $600/mo. > > As for your mail server/firewall, as someone else said, look for a local > FBSD guru who'll set it up for a one-time charge... > > good luck, > > Charles > > --- > Charles Sprickman > spork@super-g.com > --- > "...there's no idea that's so good you can't > ruin it with a few well-placed idiots." > > On Tue, 2 May 2000, Jan Knepper wrote: > > > I live in Southern New Jersey (Cape May County). I though there are ways to look that > > up from the zipcode, but I guess (since I do not know where to find that) other don't > > know either. <grin> > > > > IDSL 144k up/down isn't going to do much if I already have 128k up/down right? Or is > > 144K just for one B-channel? > > I checked, but (I)DSL is not available in this area yet. Well not as "local call"... > > ISDN however is... No cable modem either... Yeah, it's really in the middle of > > nowhere. That's also why I asked ba-dsg.com what is really included for that $887.25 a > > month... > > > > > > > > -- > > =============================================================== > > Jan Knepper > > Smartsoft, LLC > > 88 Petersburg Road > > Petersburg, NJ 08270 > > U.S.A. > > > > Phone: 609-628-4260 > > FAX : 609-628-1267 > > > > http://www.smartsoft.cc/ > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > http://www.pianoprincess.com/ > > http://www.mp3.com/pianoprincess > > http://www.riffage.com/Bands/0,2939,2859,00.html > > http://pianoprincess.iuma.com/ > > http://www.changemusic.com/piano_princess > > =============================================================== > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message > > -- +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Omachonu Ogali oogali@intranova.net | | Intranova Networking Group http://tribune.intranova.net | | PGP Key ID: 0xBFE60839 | | PGP Fingerprint: C8 51 14 FD 2A 87 53 D1 E3 AA 12 12 01 93 BD 34 | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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