It varies within the US, too. In my area, Denver, Colorado, there
are few high-speed options. The cable-tv companies are just now
starting to offer cablemodem service, and the phone company is
totally mis-managing its ADSL offering.
I'm just now ordering ISDN service, which costs a flat $65.00 per
month. It will still be dial-up, as my ISP wants $250.00 a month for
a full-time connection. It will be a great relief, though, to get
rid of diald and the complicated sendmail configurations needed to
queue and deliver outgoing mail. The ISDN circuit will replace 2
existing analog phone lines, so the cost increase will be minor.
Charlie Shoemaker
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> } I agree with you Rik that ISDN is VERY expensive unless the lines are
> } billed at a flat rate. Beyond that, frame T1s are getting cheaper but
> } they are still somewhat expensive. Also, SMDS is dieing and will
> } become something of the past in only a few more years. Now we have
> } DS3 based Frame Relay and ATM.
>
> Remember that this list is international.
> Assumptions of bandwidth and transport costs that are valid within the US
> merely have the effect of making those of us in the rest of the world
> laugh or cry!
>
> Nigel.
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