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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!uwm.edu!lll-winken.llnl.gov!hookup!noc.tor.hookup.net!remus.wat.hookup.net!metrics.com!tomh From: tomh@metrics.com (Tom Haapanen) Subject: Re: ISDN Support Message-ID: <D8Kvn7.EoF@metrics.com> Organization: Software Metrics Inc. Date: Sun, 14 May 1995 17:09:07 GMT References: <D8HrLr.BnG@emr1.emr.ca> <1995May12.220442.1@spcvxb.spc.edu> Lines: 29 > jjanarth@emr1.emr.ca (Jay Janarthanan) writes: >> [...] Also ISDN cost less then 56k from the telco. terry@spcvxb.spc.edu (Terry Kennedy, Operations Mgr.) writes: > Be careful with making pricing comparisons based on installation or > monthly charges only. There seem to be very few US telcos with "flat > rate" pricing for ISDN data calls. So, while your 56Kb line costs more > per month for the ser- vice, it's a fixed cost with no additional > price for moving bits over it. The ISDN line probably charges by the > minute. [...] Like us, Jay's telco is Bell Canada, which offers a full two-channel 128K ISDN connection for C$78/month (US$55/month) flat rate, no extra usage charges. It's definitely cheaper than buying 56k copper unless your leased line is *really* short. > Also, you can get relatively inexpensive cards for BSD/OS boxes that > speak 56KB - I don't know of any (yet) that speak ISDN, so you'll have > some one-time costs to get this set up. I'm very happy with our Pipeline 50 ISDN router: for about US$1100, it's not loading the the BSDI box's CPU, has additional filtering capabilities and is as stable as bedrock. :) -- [ /tom haapanen -- tomh@metrics.com -- software metrics inc -- waterloo, ont ] [ "the world will little note nor long remember what we say here" ] [ -- abraham lincoln, gettysburg, 1863 ]