Date: Sun, 17 Mar 1996 12:05:56 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: imb@scgt.oz.au (michael butler) Cc: terry@lambert.org, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Win32 (was:Re: Go SCSI! Big improvement...) Message-ID: <199603171905.MAA19746@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <199603170511.QAA11569@asstdc.scgt.oz.au> from "michael butler" at Mar 17, 96 04:11:36 pm
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> > Actually, Intel wrote a long letter, and it's a pretty good one, for > > low cost flat rate ISDN tariff (the US West Tariff in Arizona is > > $187/month for flat rate, as opposed to $29/month from PacBell for > > you weenies in California). > > To echo Peter Wemm's comments .. for _one_ 64k channel in Oz .. > > Once only installation ........ 2 x $396 ......... $ 792 (one each end) > Annual Rental ................. 2 x $960 ......... $ 1920 > Semi-Permanent Connection .... (for < 8km) ....... $ 2172 > > .. or an up-front charge of $A4884 (~$3663). That's a recurring > $A341/~$US256 per month _before_ you get it connected to the 'net. The above > just gets two connected U-reference tails one at each chosen location. > > Oh, you want to connect it to the 'net ? .. add $A8600/~$US6450 (once off) > for the router plus $A2000/~$US1500 each month if you use less than 25% of > the 64k (more for more, up to $A9k/~$US6.75k a month at 100%). Since we > /have/ changed governments, you wanna buy shares in Telstra, Terry ? :-) No, but I will invest in any startup competitor, since I *know* it doesn't cost that much to provide the services. At 1/10th the charge, we'd still make a huge profit. > If you time your installation properly, Telstra will "generously" waive the > $792 ISDN installation fee but the remainder is "undiscountable" :-( Note > that I didn't include the cost of the Telstra-supplied NT1 so's you can > connect S-bus gear (e.g. sun, cisco, etc). I forget how much the rent is on > that .. <sigh> A net connection will not be a commodity item in the US until it costs around the same as a cable TV connection. Generally, that's ~$29/month. There are a number of TCI (the largest US cable company) zones that are currently offering full 10Mb/S, bidirectional, to the net (that's full ethernet speed, folks). They are charging $28.95/month. So far it has been deployed to 30,000 homes in Southern California (Sunnyvale?) >From http://www.home.net/home2/speed.html: Cable modems are almost 700 times faster than 14.4 modems and nearly 80 times faster than ISDN connections. Cable modems do not require an extra phone line, and they eliminate the time and potential trouble involved in dialing a service. Cable-based Internet services offer an even richer multimedia experience than CD-ROM technology, including real-time delivery and updating of content. And cable offers a direct connection to the online world--when you turn on the computer, you are on the network. [ ... ] Deployment of the @Home service will begin in 1996 in select national markets, starting with Sunnyvale, Calif. The monthly charge for @Home is expected to be $30-$50 for unlimited use of basic services. [ ... ] The software required to use the service would be provided to the subscriber by @Home and will include a TCP/IP stack and Internet browser software with built-in e-mail and multimedia capabilities. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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