Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!know!news.cs.indiana.edu!maytag!xenitec!vances From: vances@xenitec.on.ca (Vance Shipley) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans Subject: Re: Pros/Cons: Leased line vs. Alternet vs. ? Message-ID: <1991Apr02.203418.19675@xenitec.on.ca> Date: 2 Apr 91 20:34:18 GMT References: <1991Mar31.071851.28193@intek01.uucp> Organization: Xenitec Consulting Services, Kitchener, ON, CANADA Lines: 10 Depending on the nature of your traffic you might consider a Switched 56K service. If you need high speed file transfers but not a constant connection then it could be the ticket. In effect what Switched 56K service is is a special kind of modem that allows 56,000 bit per second connections. Sprint has it, AT&T has it, MCI say they do. Vance Shipley vances@xenitec ..!uunet!watmath!xenitec!vances