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From: mra@srchtec.UUCP (Michael Almond)
Newsgroups: news.admin,news.misc,comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: Internet/NSFNet proposal to be run by IBM -- call to action!
Message-ID: <291@srchtec.UUCP>
Date: 31 Oct 90 04:38:49 GMT
References: <1990Oct28.220432.521@ddsw1.MCS.COM> <132136@pyramid.pyramid.com> <1990Oct29.205244.2051@supernet.haus.com>
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In article <1990Oct29.205244.2051@supernet.haus.com> cluther@supernet.haus.com (Clay Luther) writes:
>csg@pyramid.pyramid.com (Carl S. Gutekunst) writes:
>
>>and 64K DDS lines are ***cheap*** these days, so cheap that UUNet can build
>>a truly commercial TCP/IP service, give excellent service, and charge less
>>than $2000/month for it.
>Internet will not be cheap until it drops to say, $100/month, or less.

	Well I don't know when the price will drop to $100/month, but you
can get Internet access at $250/month, which isn't bad.  We here at Search
are planning to join the Internet through PSINet.  They charge $250/month
for dialup SLIP, I think eventually they'll have ISO once it is stable.

	With a NetBlazer at your sight, it is almost as good as a dedicated
line connection.

	As time goes by the prices of the hardware will drop an maybe we'll
reach the $100/month mark.


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