Xref: utzoo comp.protocols.tcp-ip:13700 comp.unix.aux:3192 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!ucsd!ucbvax!agate!shelby!morrow.stanford.edu!Valinor.Stanford.EDU!vaf From: vaf@Valinor.Stanford.EDU (Vince Fuller) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip,comp.unix.aux Subject: Re: How do you use Dial-up SLIP? Message-ID: <1990Nov8.100222@Valinor.Stanford.EDU> Date: 8 Nov 90 18:02:22 GMT References: <1990Nov7.191609.19972@zoo.toronto.edu> Sender: news@morrow.stanford.edu (UNIX News Service) Reply-To: vaf@Valinor.Stanford.EDU (Vince Fuller) Organization: Networking Systems, Stanford University Lines: 35 In article <1990Nov7.191609.19972@zoo.toronto.edu>, henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) writes: |> In article chet@Advansoft.COM (Chet Wood) writes: |> >It seems to me, because of these things, that it would be more than |> >worth it to use a leased line for SLIP access... |> |> Leased lines are better than dialup connections; there is no doubt about |> that. However, they also are significantly expensive, can sometimes be hard |> to get, and generally require explicit budget justification rather than |> getting a "free ride" on existing hardware and existing phone bills. |> -- |> "I don't *want* to be normal!" | Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology |> "Not to worry." | henry@zoo.toronto.edu utzoo!henry The above statement may or may not be true, depending on the nature of the local telephone service where you are located. In the Bay Area, for example, you can't get a business line with unlimited local dailing - everything is measured rate. For this reason, it will be cheaper to lease a dedicated 9.6KB line if you plan on using for more than a very small amount (like an hour a day or thereabouts). In additione, 56KB ADN ("advanced digital network") circuits are not much more expensive than 9.6KB leased lines, though they are not quite as ubiquitous as 9.6KB lines. Of course, there are other capital costs associated with a leased line connection which are not present when getting "a free ride on existing hardware" (but a "free ride on existing phone bills" is much harder to hide if you have measured service...) Vince Fuller, Stanford University/BARRNet