Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!ucsd!sdcc6!jclark From: jclark@sdcc6.ucsd.edu (John Clark) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip Subject: Re: Internet Access Costs (or SLIPped connections) Message-ID: <14453@sdcc6.ucsd.edu> Date: 25 Nov 90 00:56:42 GMT References: <315@srchtec.UUCP> Organization: University of California, San Diego Lines: 17 In article <315@srchtec.UUCP> mra@srchtec.uucp (Michael Almond) writes: >We were recently discussing the cost of connecting to the internet. Someone >mentioned a magic number of $100 per month to connect to the net. The lowest >price I had found at the time was a SLIP connection to PSInet for $250. I have some questions about PSInet. Does anyone know the answer to the following: 1) Does it exist in Southern California? 2) If it does are there one time charges and then monthly plus connect charges? 3> Does one's SLIPped Internet number change from one connect to another. Or can one have an assigned Internet number for Mail etc. -- John Clark jclark@ucsd.edu