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Article #288Re: ADSL in Sasketchewan
From: Frank Kahle
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 1997 00:00
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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