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Re: (PM) PM2 and v.90 (fwd)

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From: Brian Elfert
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1998 00:00
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On Sun, 22 Nov 1998, MegaZone wrote:

> Once upon a time John Gonzalez/netMDC admin shaped the electrons to say...
> >-| support digital connections in one of the rare places in the world that
> >-| BRI is cheaper than PRI.   Any more for sale anyone?
> >Rare? HA! We get BRI's here (just recently) for around $60/month (may be
> >dropping soon) and PRI's run $1800/month :) That's quite a difference, and
> 
> Yes, rare.  Frankly you are in a SMALL minority that is constantly shrinking.
> Even just in North America, let alone a world market.  PRI continues to 
> become available in more areas, and costs continue to drop overall.

I'll back up MZ here.  We almost bought a bought of US Robotics BRI stuff,
and then we found out that CLECs would soon offer cheap CT1s, so we
waited.  8 CT1s work much nicer than 100 BRIs, and the equipment was much
cheaper for CT1.  At the time, CT1/PRI equipment was a third the price.

Brian

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From: Brian Elfert <brian@citilink.com>
Subject: Re: (PM) PM2 and v.90 (fwd)
Date: 1998/11/22
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