DSL Woes

From: James L. Rice <jrice_at_texoma.net>
Date: Sat Jul 21 13:26:21 2001

Here a T-1 would cost $800 per month, plus the cost of the CSU/DSU and
router. I pay only $55.00 per month for my ISDN's and the routers were
only a couple a hundred bucks each.

Chuck McManis wrote:
>
> At 08:56 AM 7/21/01 -0500, James wrote:
> >DSl won't be offered in my suburban area (21 miles from DT Dallas) until
> >3rd Qtr 2002, so I opted for ISDN. It was insanely easy to set up, it
> >costs about the same as DSL, but it never goes down. The download speed
> >is slower than DSL or cable, unlike most of the DSL or cable subscribers
> >around Dallas, the speed is a constant. My brother-in-law, who lives to
> >play TribesII or Unreal, has a cable modem that slows down drastically
> >at night when everyone is home and online. I'll probably get business
> >class DSL (5 static IP's and a dedicated router, 1.5mb dl. 384 up)when
> >it becomes available here, but I may keep the old reliable ISDN as a
> >backup anyway.
>
> In that case consider getting a T-1 line. They are a _lot_ cheaper these
> days, don't have distance limits and if you put an 802.11B repeater on your
> roof and sell internet access to your neighbors to cover the cost. I've
> often thought about getting a T-1 line pulled to the street and having half
> a dozen of us geeks split the cost.
>
> --Chuck
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