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- From: wonge@fraser.sfu.ca (Edmund Wong)
- Subject: Re: Free Internet/Usenet Access (was Re: Modem Madness)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov13.090241.10134@sfu.ca>
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- Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
- References: <N8HkTB1w165w@twiki.PDX.COM> <1992Nov7.002054.10585@unixland.natick.ma.us> <j6k1s0=@rpi.edu>
- Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 09:02:41 GMT
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- In article <j6k1s0=@rpi.edu> multics@clotho.acm.rpi.edu (Multics) writes:
- >
- >I've been doing some pricing to see about setting up a public access internet
- >site in the Albany, NY (USA) area. The following are the basic costs I've
- >been quoted:
- >
- >56K internet connection $2000 setup + $1000/month
- >56K line to the provider $1000 installation + $350/month
- >Phone lines for dialin (16) about $100/line installation and $30/line/month
- >with a deposit of about $1000-$1200 required. ($1600 install and $480/month).
- >Router and DSU/CSU unit about $5000.
- >
- >These are from memory and should be within about 10% of actual numbers.
- >
- >This gives an installation cost of almost $11,000 and a monthly operation
- >cost of about $1830/month.
- >
- >NOTE: this does not include the computer at my end, power, air conditioning,
- >maintenance, and other misc expenses, such as postage and billing supplies.
- >The internet access includes a full news feed and email with no volume
- >related charges.
- >I've tried to include estimates to cover the various sales, use, etc taxes
- >I'd have to pay.
- >There is no budgetting in this for any pay for me or anyone else, its all
- >to cover setup and operating costs.
- >
- >My best estimate is I would need about 125-150 customers willing to pay
- >$15 to $20 per month to cover operating expenses and setup costs spread
- >over a 5 year period.
-
-
- Whoa..that's pretty harsh.. $1830/month? Well if the connection with
- InterNet is so friggin(pardon the expression) expensive(to an Undergraduate
- with NO job), why have I been reading News mail and hearing some sites are
- OFFERING FREE, get it FREE! InterNet service??!! Is there some sort of catch
- or am I just in some different dimension when I read those particular news
- messages?
-
- Edmund
-
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