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From: c506634@umcvmb.missouri.edu (Eric Edwards)
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Subject: Re: How much to connect to internet in the US? was Re: 19200bps
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Date: 14 May 91 00:23:59 GMT
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In article <13014@pt.cs.cmu.edu> cactus@zardoz.club.cc.cmu.edu (Todd Masco) writes:
>  
> In article <1991May11.152852.13125@phoenix.pub.uu.oz.au> hunter@phoenix.pub.uu.oz.au (James Gardiner [hunter]) writes:
> >In <1991May8.234408.614@nic.csu.net> rkent@sparc1.sparc1.csubak.edu (Rick Kent (Student)) writes:
> >Exactly how much does it cost per year to have say a 19200
> >link or better connection (slip or whatever) into internet in the 
> >US?
>  
> This'll probably be on the low end of the data points, but it cost my
> (off-campus) room mates and me about $150 a semester before we managed
> to get our employers to pick up the tab... split 3 ways, that's
> entirely acceptable.  This is using the normal phone lines, giving us
> (in essence) a dedicated direct line to a VAX on campus, from which we
 
I doubt the $150/semester that you are paying represents the true cost of
your connection.  Rather, it in an arbitrary figure arived at by the
university.  Most of the cost of your connection is paid by NSF with the
university picking up the remainder.  
 
This works now becuase access is limited but the NSF can not afford to
subsidize everybody.  In order for access to NSFnet backbone to be
available to everybody, the customers must pay the full cost.
 
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