Re: Pricing

Brian Elfert (brian@citilink.com)
Fri, 6 Sep 1996 15:34:01 -0500 (CDT)

On Fri, 6 Sep 1996, Brandon wrote:

> With a PM2e30, 30 USR 33.6 sports, 30 modem cables, 30 phone cords, and TAX
> (today) my per port cost was $272.41. Now am I missing something? My
> calculator must have failed me again, just as it used to in school. But I
> thought I remembered how to add...To all you out there that is $82.59 less.

The modems in the PM3 are not likely to be cheap Sportster quality. The
Sportsters do not have flash, and the PM3 modems do. I tried Sportsters
on my BBS and got nothing but complaints. I never even got near
Sportsters for my ISP service.

With Courier modems instead of Sportsters, the price is more like $358.33
per port.

Also, your PM2/Sportster combo won't do ISDN at all. A PM3 will do both
ISDN and analog for $355 a port.

If the analog modems in the PM3 are good, and one of local LEC
competitors has a better rate on PRI, I'll buy one.

Brian