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In article <Cxy8pv.8Iw@uuhare.rabbit.net>,
John Palmer <jp@tygra.Michigan.COM> wrote:
>In article <383eds$6dc@Mercury.mcs.com> karl@MCS.COM (Karl Denninger) writes:
>"In article <1994Oct19.095023.25435@sonic.net>,
>"Dane Jasper <dane@sonic.net> wrote:
>">Aaron Nabil (nabil@i.net) wrote:
>">: net99@MCS.COM (NET99 Network Operations) writes:
>">: >Attention: Resellers
>">: >
>">: >Network 99, Inc. NET99 is operational and OPEN for business !!!
>">: >
>">: >NOTE: NET99 allows you to resell services without the hassle you have had
>">: >in the past. 
>">
>">: So does Sprint!
>">
>">Gack - and have you seen NET99's prices!!!??  About 2K for a T1, near 1K for
>">a 56k..  (something like that, at least..)
>">
>">Dane
>"
>"Sprintlink is $2700 a month for a T1.
>"
>"And $1k/month for a 56kbps.
>"
>"The only way to get below that is to go with a LONG TERM commitment, and if
>"you quit on them part way through you end up paying *big time* for the
>"cancellation.  This is true of all discounts; you give something up for
>"that, and its usually the right to leave.
>
>
>Rabbit Network offers T1 connectivity for $995, no bull, no tricks and
>no prepayment (with credit approval). $1100 setup fee rather than 2 or
>3k. (Note: Costs do not include the telco circuit, but then neither 
>does NET99's $2k).

C'mon, John, Rabbit is a single T1 attachment in one place (Sprint).

Net99 is a *national* backbone with points of presence in cities all over 
the US, peering agreements at the MAE and elsewhere, and significant
infrastructure.

MCSNet sells connectivity in the Chicagoland area.  Net99 is a national
carrier and sells US-wide at the present time.

>We can get a T1 in to you OPERATIONAL in as little as EIGHT DAYS - 
>THATS 8 CALENDAR DAYS, FOLKS! Karl's three days were probably within
>the same city.

Uh, Net99's sales office is in Phoneix, corporate on the east coast, and
the Network Operations (NOC) is in Chicago.

>If you are in Michigan, Ohio, Indiana or Wisconsin, RabbitNet can
>handle your dedicated circuit access to the Internet.  
>
>Oh, and by the way, we also allow reselling at no additional costs!
>(With dedicated access, not with dial-up SLIP or UUCP).

And when you've sold 20 T1s, all going down the single T1 you have to
Sprint, and all resellable?  Then what?

>P.S. - we won't force you to join any trade organization attempting
>to extort money from you by threatening network connectivity unless
>you pay them $10k a year.  ;->

Neither does Net99.  Net99 has no official policy on trade associations 
or membership in them. Each customer must evaluate the value such an 
organization brings to their operation on their own.  We are in the 
business of selling pipes and faucets; the water issues are up to the
individual customer.

Net99's business is providing connectivity.  That's it.  If you have
specific reachability questions just ask -- we can check from our core to
see if a specific location is reachable.  

We've yet to say "no" to this request, by the way.

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Karl Denninger (karl@Net99.Net) | Net99 - Connectivity at a reasonable price
VP Network Engineering		| Mr. Packet Says "Don't delay, reroute today"