Re: pathlink lite (fwd)
Gary N. McKinney (gmckinney@megabits.net)
Mon, 16 Dec 1996 19:11:04 -0500
alexm@agetech.net wrote:
>
> J
> > > My figures from last week (I believe it includes hunting):
> > > Pathlink - data only: Install $1133 and $1169.45 monthly
> > > (he said there are no distance charges, etc)
> > > ($1169.45/23 = $50.84 per B - cheaper than via BRI
> > > with hunting ~ $95/2 + $15? ~= $62.50). Don't know if it
> > > is cheaper w/o hunting, either...
> > > - voice and data:Install $1133 and $2069.90 monthly
> > > (data only is 46% less...)
> > > Megalink - (voice & data PRI service):
> > > - Install $1564 and $1441.80 monthly.
> > >
> > > If anyone hears anything significantly different, please drop me a private
> > > E-mail, unless there is a lot of interest on this list.
> >
>
> Has anyone gotten prices in Bellsouth land for a PRI. I am thinking
> about going to the PM3 but dont know how much the data line is going to
> be.
>
> Accordinig to what you are saying, The PRI is going to have to be analog
> and digital for the 28.8 modem cards to work correct. If you only get
> didgital then you are talking about no phone numbers.
We had considered the PM3 and went to BellSouth to find out pricing ...
>From what
the Rep said they are charging around $1200 for a PRI - and they are in
the
process of working a tariff rate which will increase the cost for the
channels
after you pass the 150 - 200 hr mark in a month ( of course, you can get
a contracted
length of time and "lock" the price to current pricing - yea, right! ).
The install
costs were in the $1300-1400 range. We decided to make the telco keep
on supplying
good ole POTS lines ( we are only 1700 feet from the CO... ) and using
the PM-2s.
If the ISDN route is Sooo good - why do the telcos sqwish any growth
with higher
rates? I can use POTS lines at 1/3 the cost of a PRI channel and get
connect rates
close to the max for analog ( I know - the digital stuff is really nice
but most
folks around here (Florida - REAL Near the Cape) just don't want to
burden the TRUE
costs of ISDN...)...
BTW: has anyone come up with a way to "bond" two or more 28.8K modems on
dialup lines...
Later gm...