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Date:      Mon, 10 Jan 2000 08:19:52 -0500
From:      "Troy Settle" <st@i-plus.net>
To:        <paul@premier-networks.com>
Cc:        <freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   RE: Offtopic: National Carriers
Message-ID:  <NDBBKCEJGKGLCDADBFANCEAKCAAA.st@i-plus.net>
In-Reply-To: <3879C9D9.576691B7@premier-networks.com>

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Paul,

I'd reccomend using 2 or 3 different wholesalers.  Megapop and Ziplink are
both good places to start.  You might want to check with PSI, GTE, and
UUNET.  I think Sprint has a wholesale solution as well.

G'luck,

Troy


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of
> paul@premier-networks.com
> Sent: Monday, January 10, 2000 7:00 AM
> To: Bill Vermillion
> Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG
> Subject: Re: Offtopic: National Carriers
>
>
> That's what I've found with AGIS so far as well.... they only want to do
> the bundled solution.... C&W doesn't seem to cover a lot of POP's in
> their solution....
>
> We're still deciding between Ziplink and Megapop for now.... we only
> have a very small amount of possible users in the immediate time frame
> so Ziplink's minimum of $100/month versus Megapop's minimum $500/month
> looks more attractive.  However Megapop has more POP's and covers some
> Canadian cities as well which is attractive to our needs...:)
>
> Paul
>
>
> Bill Vermillion wrote:
>
> > On Sun, Jan 09, 2000 at 07:51:34PM -0500, Thus Spake
> > paul@premier-networks.com:
> >
> > > I haven't discarded anyone yet.. these are the only two we've
> > > looked at so far..:)
> >
> > > Hoping someone on this list already uses one of them and could
> > > share their thoughts...
> >
> > Some people I'm doing some consulting for are looking at Agis for
> > the major market solution - one login from anywhere in the country
> > - and minimum number of ports.
> >
> > Once the city count gets to a decent level then the Level 3
> > solution looks pretty good.
> >
> > I also saw a pitch by Cable and Wireless - but it was more aimed at
> > making someone a virtual ISP.  They did all the work and even
> > produced a custom logoed CD so it looked it was your company.
> >
> > THere appear to many alternative ways to approach things
> >
> > Bill
> > --
> > Bill Vermillion   bv @ wjv.com
> >
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