At 17:49 8/25/99 -0700, Gavin Scott wrote:
>Here at Allegro we've been connected to the net via a 128Kbps ISDN link
>for the last couple years.  We're now outgrowing this, and are looking
>at upgrading to a T1 line or equivalent.  We've been told that we're too
>far from the CO to get any form of xDSL here at the moment, and it looks
>like a traditional T1 line will run us about $1,000/month here in the Bay
>Area(tm) (~$700 to the ISP and $300 to the phone company).

The variation in pricing of these services always interesting.  My ISP here
in Ann Arbor offers full T1 for $289/month (1 year pre-paid), and a local
phone company (there are two local loop providers here) is offering T1
service for $125/month for businesses in many 734 exchanges in and around
Ann Arbor.  the ISP charges a one-time setup charge of $2500, the phone
company has a setup charge of $100.

Tom Brandt                            Northtech Systems, Inc.
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