🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <fhr-1107950848230001@128.149.100.121>, fhr@zappa.jpl.nasa.gov
(Fred Rosenblatt) wrote:

> In article <3tsc8e$6hr@netline-fddi.jpl.nasa.gov>,
> speaker@telchar.jpl.nasa.gov (Adam Potolsky) wrote:
> 
> > Will Leland (hole@netcom.com) wrote:
> > : I wonder what the cost of ISDN will be, if different.
> > 
> > : You can now get ISDN for $399 setup, $49/mo (with NT-1 and TCP Stack)
> > : from the for-profit locations www.dnai.com and www.expressway.com in
> > : Northern CA.
> > 
> > right now, a Motorola BitSurfer (all in 1 ISDN "modem") can be got for as
> > cheap as ~$360.00. In LA, all the ISPs I"ve found charge OUTRAGEOUS prices
> > for ISDN. I got quoted like $400 a month for one place. that's just krazy.
> >         -a
> 
> I checked out the Jet-Cafe.  It's a nonprofit organization that charges
> only $500 for membership, plus $50/month, with a billing agreement that
> makes my mortgage company look benign.

If a for-profit can make money for $399 setup and $49/mo, how come
a non-profit JetCafe has to charge more? Is there anything
special that the for-profit guy doesn't provide?

 - ML -

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