From owner-freebsd-isp Tue Sep 10 16:40:48 1996 Return-Path: owner-isp Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id QAA24007 for isp-outgoing; Tue, 10 Sep 1996 16:40:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from etinc.com (et-gw-fr1.etinc.com [204.141.244.98]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id QAA23999 for ; Tue, 10 Sep 1996 16:40:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dialup-usr11.etinc.com (dialup-usr11.etinc.com [204.141.95.132]) by etinc.com (8.6.12/8.6.9) with SMTP id TAA29098; Tue, 10 Sep 1996 19:46:16 -0400 Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 19:46:16 -0400 Message-Id: <199609102346.TAA29098@etinc.com> X-Sender: dennis@etinc.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Version 2.0.3 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: "Matthew O'Brien" From: dennis@etinc.com (Dennis) Subject: Re: [Linux-ISP] T1 offc. resell config Cc: isp@freebsd.org Sender: owner-isp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >How do you provide ethernet drops? You could run 1 long thinnet cable to each location...or run all the locations to a repeater, or run twisted pair to a hub. Dennis > >On Tue, 10 Sep 1996, Tony Kimball wrote: > >> Quoth Mark Patterson on Tue, 10 September: >> : >> : What equip. do i use to break up our T1 into resellable portions for >> : potential clients ranging in need from 56kb - 128kb and above? >> >> The cheapest thing for you to do is to sell ethernet drops. >> Moreover, it is very desirable from your client's perspective >> because they do not need a sync or isdn router, and they can >> take advantage of surplus available bandwidth. What you sell >> is not a fixed increment, but either a guaranteed minimum available >> bandwidth (using a bandwidth limiting router) or a statistical >> guarantee. In this way you can charge a premium price (due to >> superiority of service) while incurring lesser infrastructural >> costs than competing services. >> >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> To [un]subscribe to this list, contact linuxisp-request@lightning.com >> Please send contributions for the mailing list to: linuxisp@lightning.com >> Please contact the mailing-list-owner as: linuxisp-owner@lightning.com >> > >