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Re: ADSL in Sasketchewan

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From: Frank Kahle
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 1997 00:00
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The current rate that I have from Bell (and its the minimum rate, there are
bigger pipes) is $4500 per month not 2K.

Frank

Ralph Doncaster wrote in message <64i3uc$lg8$1@news.intranet.ca>...
>In article <64hi6t$qmo$1@news.igs.net>, Frank Kahle <frank@igs.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>  No, that is what SaskTel will charge if you sign up, and let *them*
>>>be your ISP. What will it cost "Bessborough and Son Internet Services"
>>>to have you connect to them via ADSL?
>>>  The phone companies are required to offer all services like ISDN to
>>>competing ISPs.
>>
>>
>>Except that Bell will offer it but charge the ISP more. ie they are
charging
>>64.95 a month and charging ISP's ~$200 per month, the same difference as
not
>>offering it.
>>
>I've corrected this before here, but so everyone has the exact details,
>the real charge is ~$75/line/month.  Separate from the per line charge is
>a per CO charge of ~$2K/month for an OC-1 to backhaul the data.  If you are
>able to drum up say, 80 customers in one CO the total cost/line would be
>$100/mth. (still more than sympatico is charging tough, even though bell
>says everybody pays the same price)
>
>-Ralph
>
>--
>--
>Ralph Doncaster, Doncaster Consulting Inc   email: ralph@doncaster.on.ca
>2816 Richmond Rd. Ottawa, ON  K2B 6S5       ph:(613)829-6597
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From: "Frank Kahle" <frank@igs.net>
Subject: Re: ADSL in Sasketchewan
Date: 1997/11/14
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