Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!netsys!vector!telecom-gateway From: brian@cbw1.UUCP (Brian Cuthie) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Leased Line Costs Versus Dial Up Line Message-ID: Date: 29 Mar 89 15:49:02 GMT Sender: news@vector.UUCP Reply-To: brian@cbw1.UMD.EDU (Brian Cuthie) Organization: CBW, Columbia, MD 21046 Lines: 19 Approved: telecom-request@vector.uucp X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.uucp X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 116, message 3 of 5 In article ron@ron.rutgers.edu (Ron Natalie) writes: [other stuff deleted] >I'm not sure of your leased line statement. The rates for a 3002 dedicated >circuit are still cheaper than leaving a line dialed up if you're a business >and hence have message unit service. > >-Ron This depends entirely on whether the local telco has untimed business service. In the Balto/Wash area, business service is untimed. Therefore it is usually cheaper to leave a line dialed up than to pay the 3002 rate. -brian -- Brian D. Cuthie uunet!umbc3!cbw1!brian Columbia, MD brian@umbc3.umbc.edu