Re: pathlink lite (fwd)
Gary N. McKinney (gmckinney@megabits.net)
Tue, 17 Dec 1996 20:55:17 -0500
alexm@agetech.net wrote:
>
> Gary N. McKinney wrote:
> >
> > 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...
>
> Yes, I have a customer who has 56k off of my right now, He bonds 2 28.8
> usr sportsers to give him a total of 56k bandwidth. Work very well. It
> is called multiline load balancing and it is built into a portmaster
> from the factory. There is also a hack for Linux that does this as well.
I guess I should have been more specific ... I am aware of the load
balancing
built into the Portmaster 2E and I know about the Linux hack ... what I
( and
I'm sure alot of others would be interested in ) is a program that could
be
loaded into a Win-95 or NT box ( let's face it - that is where the
common joe
is working - don't know computers but can click on the buttons! ) that
would
allow the same thing - I think this would REALLY be accepted by the
masses
who are looking for greater bandwidth but don't have the expertise to
setup
a LINUX box and without having to fork up $100/month just for line
charges
from the telco!
( Hey Livingston - want to get into the Software arena??? )
Utilizing this type of a system would allow more people to have a fairly
high
throughput to the Web without the telco getting into their wallet. As
far as
the ISP world is concerned this would also draw more people to their
sites as
the biggest complain I receive is how "slow" things appear... Just
think...
what if you could offer the capability of one ISDN B channel for less
than
half the cost!!! At the current Bell South rate of $47.50 for the
private ISDN
B channel and the commercial rate of $93.70 I could offer the client
about the
same throughput for around $35 and the phone line charges at the
client's end
would be around $30.00. This translates to around half the cost and a
happy
customer! Given the price drops in recent months for the analog modem
technology and the private POTS line costs it only makes sense to tax
the
telco's POTS capabilities until they wise up and start offering ISDN at
a
real competitive rate ( read: real good pricing! )...
I guess if I can find the code out on the Net I could take a wack at it
(actually
turn some of my programming friends loose on the problem <grin>)...
Later gm...