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To: jcorgan@scruznet.com (Johnathan Corgan)
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Date: Thu, 19 Jan 95 15:42:38 PST
To: jcorgan@scruznet.com (Johnathan Corgan)
Subject: Re: The Remailer Crisis
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> I am currently using ISDN from my home in San Jose. You're right in
> that the startup costs are the barrier--even a cheap single B channel
> (56K) terminal adapter for use with a serial port will run $300-$400
> dollars. The telco charges are minimal in my area; $25 monthly for
> the line itself (115 Kbps async bandwidth). Connect charges are free
> for non peak usage, and $0.60/hour for peak usage time (0800 to 1700)
> Mon-Fri.
>
I am also using ISDN to get my network on through Southwestern Bell.
The charges I had to deal with were:
$135 deposit (refunded in 2 years)
$73 per month line rate (2B+D)
$350 per month for ISDN connection to another system on Internet and in
Austin there is only one system that can do this for .com sites.
This is a commen problem all over the country I understand.
$1150 for Combinet 160 w/ NT-1 for ISDN-Ethernet bridge.
$750 for account setup and for the folks at the other end to configure.
This is a little expensive for home use but well within the means of even
small businesses.
> This is the Pacific Bell "Residential" ISDN plan. For business lines,
> it goes up to $50 monthly with $0.60/hour 24 hours a day.
>
I am lucky in that I am flat rate.
> In addition to this would apply any standard long distance charges that
> would apply to a particular call.
>
We get charged only for the D channel traffic which is usually used for call
progress control. In general we don't use the D channel at all.
> This is an excellent setup for fast, cheap, INTERMITTENT connection to
> the Internet. My particular ISP is in Santa Cruz, with POPS in SC, SJ,
> and soon Monterey. An unlimited connect time PPP account runs $75 monthly.
> This actually gets me a three bit subnet so that I can put five IP boxes
> and an ISDN router on my ethernet at home.
>
It is a clean, fast (300kbs w/ compression), and economical for a full time
feed as well.
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