From owner-freebsd-isp Thu Apr 10 23:25:48 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id XAA29385 for isp-outgoing; Thu, 10 Apr 1997 23:25:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ns.dnsserver.com (qmailr@[208.14.0.252]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id XAA29380 for ; Thu, 10 Apr 1997 23:25:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail-queue invoked by uid 0); 11 Apr 1997 06:10:09 -0000 Received: from www8.clever.net (root@206.31.79.1) by smtp.clever.net with SMTP; 11 Apr 1997 06:10:09 -0000 Received: from high.voltage.net (arkylady@[208.15.104.34]) by www8.clever.net (8.8.5/8.6.9) with SMTP id CAA00672; Fri, 11 Apr 1997 02:16:34 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <3.0.32.19970411011715.0069499c@web-trends.com> X-Sender: arkysaw@web-trends.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0 (32) Date: Fri, 11 Apr 1997 01:17:17 -0500 To: Vincent Poy From: Susie Ward Subject: Re: Some advice needed. Cc: isp@FreeBSD.ORG Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-isp@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk At 08:34 PM 4/10/97 -0700, Vincent Poy wrote: > Thanks, what I was wondering is what did they do for the POP >locations since it would be a different Unix box each time on the remote >end, did they actually just have the local pop number forward to another >telephone number? You can do it either way. My phone company (SouthWestern Bell in Arkansas) has a service called TeleBranch. The way it works is I can have a phone# anywhere in SWB service area that is forwarded to my phone number here for $16/mo. But that would also incur a per/minute charge. However, they have another service that (again it has to be in a certain area, but it does cover 80% of Arkansas) for $15/mo I can have unlimited long distance calling from the remote# to my local#. So that would mean $31/mo for each line, then also I would have to be sure I had enough lines/modems on my end to accomodate them. We havent decided yet whether this solution would be worth it or not, but it is an option when we get ready. You would just need to contact your phone company to see if they have such a service, and good luck, I had a heckuva time finding a service rep who had any idea what I was talking about :) Susie