Re: [Nolug] [nolug] cost of t1

On Sun, 2003-01-05 at 21:02, Dave Prentice wrote:
> John,
> Thanks. I was wondering about the cost for a private school.
> Sounds like unless they have serious usage, DSL is a much better deal.

Dave,

Where I work we have SBC DSL, and Bell charges us $60/month. It's
normal, speed-wise, 1.5Mbsps down, 256k up. I've got probably 60 users,
most of whom use the net accasionally during the day, but a few (like
me) are heavy users. I am running the squid web cache, which helps out
on graphics (everyone that goes to yahoo downloads the same images, and
squid caches them so they load instantaneously, etc.). No one has
complained even once that the net appeared slow to them.

About Cox: we got a quote from them last year for a T1, which included 4
business POTS telephone lines (voice-over-IP) and the balance of the T1
was available for data, which they said would be plugged into the net at
their office. They wanted a contract, of course, but they wanted about
$550 per month for the service. I mentioned this to John Souvestre after
the King Buffet deal, and he didn't think it was such a great deal (re:
his earlier post about T1s and quality).

--Joey

> Dave Prentice
> prentice@instruction.com
> http://www.originsresource.org
> -----Original Message-----
> From: johns@sstar.com <johns@sstar.com>
> To: nolug@joeykelly.net <nolug@joeykelly.net>
> Date: Sunday, January 05, 2003 8:53 PM
> Subject: [Nolug] [nolug] cost of t1
>
>
> >
> >Hi Dave.
> >
> > > This is a "just curious" question: what would be a ballpark
> cost
> > > per month for a T1 line to be installed at a residence? How does
> the
> > > speed compare to DSL?
> >
> >The local loop charge is about $125 or so for each end of the T1,
> plus about
> >$30 or so per mile for any distance between the CO's at each end.
> >
> >If you want the other end to be connected to the Internet, then
> there's a port
> >charge. This could be anywhere from a few hundred to 1K per month.
> >
> >The speed depends mainly on what guarantee you get from the port
> vendor. 100%
> >for a "good" port, down to perhaps 25% for a heavily factored port.
> >
> >The local loop will be the full 1.5M in both directions, regardless -
> unless
> >it's a Frame Relay T1, instead of a Point-to-Point T1. In this case
> the local
> >loop charge will be less, but the guaranteed rate (Committed Info
> Rate) might
> >be anywhere from 10% to 100%. The more you pay, the higher the
> guarantee.
> >
> >Both port and local loop rates might depend on how long a contract
> you sign.
> >There are also installation costs to consider, $1K ballpark.
> >
> >John
> >
> >
> >John Souvestre - Southern Star - 504-888-3348 - http://www.sstar.com
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Joey Kelly
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