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Xref: sserve comp.sys.powerpc:40626 comp.sys.intel:38032 comp.unix.bsd:16651 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:8628 comp.unix.sys5.r4:9827 comp.unix.misc:17342 comp.os.linux.development:24429 comp.os.linux.misc:48292 comp.os.386bsd.development:3334 comp.os.386bsd.misc:5704 comp.os.misc:4047 Newsgroups: comp.sys.powerpc,comp.sys.intel,comp.unix.bsd,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit,comp.unix.sys5.r4,comp.unix.misc,comp.os.linux.development,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.386bsd.development,comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.sprintlink.net!news.primenet.com!dlpinc00!dlparker From: dlparker@dlpinc00.com (Dave Parker) Subject: Re: X on dial-in Message-ID: <DAG54s.ArD@dlpinc00.com> Date: Tue, 20 Jun 1995 00:53:16 GMT References: <3fv9sg$8dp@villa.fc.net> <3s2pes$5f6@sundog.tiac.net> <3s49a5$1988@news.doit.wisc.edu> Organization: ADMS Lines: 29 In article <3s49a5$1988@news.doit.wisc.edu> "Ken Kriesel, Physical Sciences Lab, UW-Madison" <kkriesel@facstaff.wisc.edu> writes: >rmk@rmkhome.com (Rick Kelly) wrote: > >> Thank your lucky Texas stars. Here in Framingham, Massachusetts it would >> cost me $595 per month to have a 24 hour per day ISDN line that goes directly >> to a Cisco router and T1, and $245 per month for ISDN that connects through a >> POP to an ISDN that is shared among many users. Never mind the $600-800 >> installation charge. These are both flat rate plans through ISPs, a direct >> through NYNEX ISDN line would be $1000+ per month with the per minute charges. > >Now that's an obscenely high charge. Charge rates ought to at most >scale with bandwidth, and an ordinary voice channel doesn't cost anything >like that much on a per-bandwidth basis. I suppose it will take a while >for rational pricing to settle in. (like the old days when you could >suddenly get charged a lot more, if modem tones were discovered on >your voice line!) But it's not uncommon. I face essentially the same situation. According to the ISDN person for my local exchange carrier, they have no plans to deploy ISDN in my area. I don't expect to ever see it here, at least not from my current provider. I COULD get it, if I wanted to pay the something similar to the charges mentioned in the first post to pay for a connection to the nearest local carrier who does provide it - Southwestern Bell in Kansas City (that's Kansas City, MO, BTW - yes, Toto, we're not in Kansas anymore - we never were). -- Dave Parker/dlp, Inc. - 303 N. Jeffreys - Pleasant Hill, MO 64080-1331 USA (816) 540-5167/5218 voice/fax dlparker@dlpinc00.com alternate address: dparker@mail.coin.missouri.edu