[KLUG Members] note on charter cable isp connections

[Bruce Smith]

> >>But Ameri-wreck only installs Business DSL on a Business phone line,  so
> >>you'll need a business line (install $42, $20 a month) and then put
> >>Business DSL on it ($49.95 a month, $50 activation, $99 router).  And
> >>they may charge you ~$100-200 to install the router.
> >What speed DSL?
> 
> $49.95 is for 768k,  $59.95 is for 1.544Mb

Same speed up & down???  SDSL?  Static IP(s)?

If so, that's GOOD!

> >or can you switch and use the "business line" as your home phone?  
> 
> I suppose.  I intend to drop my residential line once the business line
> is installed.  But EVERY (even local) call on a business line is a ~8.2
> cent charge.

Okay, that could be a pain.  Are incoming calls free or charged?

> Which is OK for us since every dweller has a mobile phone with mucho
> minues, so we primarily use those anyway.

and there are ways around it . . .    :-)

> >Or just drop your home phone and
> >use the business line as your home phone.  
> 
> My plan.
> 
> >Then it's only $50/month.
> >Not bad for business DSL, IMO (as long as it's a fast speed).
> 
> I thought so,  I'm still double checking some things.

Full T1 speed for $60/month upload & download, unlimited usage, static
IP(s), sounds like one hell of a deal to me!  As long as there isn't any
hidden "got-ya's".

Since you brought it up Kevin, how does ISERV compare in price and
performance to that?  You can get me DSL at my home?  (Nobody else can)
I'm served out of the Vicksburg office.

Is this thread ready for the advocacy list yet?   :-)

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Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
System Administrator / Network Administrator
Armstrong International, Inc.
Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
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