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Article #4499Re: 216 Shell/SLIP (Cleveland/Akron/Canton)
From: Paul Tomblin
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 1995 11:58
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 1995 11:58
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In a previous article, shalom@netcom.com (Joseph Mills) said: > > If you were running this ISP or any other Cleveland-based ISP on >the west coast or in the NYC area you would be run out of town because of >the high prices providers charge. I see many providers that provide >PPP for as little as $15 a month, flat rate and no hour limit, in >addition to WWW and FTP space. As far as I know, the ISPs here in >Cleveland don't even allow the usage of TIA. I'm not sure, but I imagine that areas of great population and business density like Southern California or NYC have much lower tarrifs on their leased lines. And so they can pass the savings on. CLE area providers probably pay more for their T1s because of the low population density - and the fact that they have to deal with Ameritech... -- Paul Tomblin, speaking from but not for telemax.com. <a href=http://watt.oedison.com:8080/~tomblinp/>My home page</a> "ICMP: The protocol that goes PING!" - Bill Garret.
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