What I meant was:
I lease it for $7.50 x 48 per month, which totals $360 per month. If you
think about it, with a 10-to-1 ratio, that's 75 cents per user per month.
=)
Never buy one of those things, it cuts into your working capital.
Jean-Michel Dault
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On Fri, 2 Jul 1999, Bug Hunter wrote:
> Date: Fri, 2 Jul 1999 17:05:31 -0500 (CDT)
> From: Bug Hunter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [expert] cooker
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> On Fri, 2 Jul 1999, Axalon wrote:
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> >
> >
> > On Thu, 1 Jul 1999, Jean-Michel Dault wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > A PortMaster 3 is an integrated digital access server. It contains 48
> > > digital V.90 modems.
> >
> > *drool*
> >
> > > You feed it with ethernet, modems are connected to the telephone company
> > > using two 24-channel T1s.
> >
> > yep more *drool*
> >
> > > People dial in, the PortMaster3 communicates with the Linux server to
> > > authenticate the user using a (free) software called Radius. When people
> > > are authenticated, they surf the internet and it doesn't put any load on
> > > the Linux server, except for web and mail.
> > >
> > > You can get more info on http://www.livingston.com/isp
> > >
> > > I don't know about the sale price, since I lease this stuff. You can get
> > > it for $7.50 per modem per port.
> >
> > 48*7.5?
> >
>
> Nope. It is more like $200 to $300 US per modem port. Plus the cost of
> the chassis. A fully decked out Portmaster 3 will cost $10,000 US.
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> bug
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