Pricing (fwd)

MegaZone (megazone@livingston.com)
Fri, 6 Sep 1996 12:37:18 -0700 (PDT)

Once upon a time Brandon shaped the electrons to say...
>Maybe I am lost here, see I was never great at math and maybe I was dropped
>on my head a few more times than the rest of you, but how is $355 per port a
>good price? I sat around my small little ISP and dug up my numbers on what
>my p.p.c. was when I bought the PM2e30 & 30 USR 33.6 Sports. I scratched my
>head, recalculated the figures, looked back at the $355 and had a good laugh.

1. Your using cheap modems - Sportsters are not recommended for ISP use
by USR, nor by use. Couriers are meant for such use. You could be even
cheaper and use Zoom, still not a good idea.
2. Your setup is analog only. For $355 you get a port that can do analog
AND ISDN.
3. You have to expect to pay a little extra for the advantages of an
integrated solution.

If price is your only concern, you can always use a Computone box and save
even more.

Good luck.

-MZ

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