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#! rnews 1896 sserve.cc.adfa.oz.au Xref: sserve comp.os.linux.networking:9766 comp.os.ms-windows.networking.tcp-ip:12754 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:3397 Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.ms-windows.networking.tcp-ip,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netcomsv!uu3news.netcom.com!netcomsv!uucp3.netcom.com!friend!news From: rich@kastle.com (Richard Krehbiel) Subject: Re: Internet service providing-which OS? Message-ID: <1995Jul21.123945.15209@friend.kastle.com> Sender: news@friend.kastle.com (News) Reply-To: rich@kastle.com Organization: Kastle Development Associates X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 References: <3ue5qa$ain@panix.com> <id.VAPL1.0SA@nmti.com> <3uhstv$pf@empire.texas.net> <3uj157$lpr@lonepeak.wasatch.com> <id.0ASL1.EQ9@nmti.com> Date: Fri, 21 Jul 1995 12:39:24 GMT Lines: 27 peter@nmti.com (Peter da Silva) wrote: >In article <3uj157$lpr@lonepeak.wasatch.com>, >Bob Hauck <bobh@wasatch.com> wrote: >> And how much does a "big" PC cost? Well, remember that you don't need >> a big monitor, or sound, or fancy video in a terminal server. You can >> get a suitable Pentium or 486/100 for under $2000 or so without trying >> too hard. Ok, throw in some high-end disk drives and 32 MB of RAM and >> the cost goes up to $3500. >It's less than that. >Why do you need lots of RAM and a big disk drive to run PPP? >The biggest cost may well be the serial ports. It seems to me that any decent ISP *would* have big disks, for staging news and mail delivery at least, and perhaps also ftp archives and web pages. But then, a gig is about $300 these days, so maybe your definition of "big" is larger than mine. -- Richard Krehbiel, Kastle Systems, Arlington VA USA rich@kastle.com (work) or richk@cais.com (personal)