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From: chip@vector.dallas.tx.us (Chip Rosenthal)
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Subject: Re: $4K T-1 for real?
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Date: 22 Apr 89 08:59:36 GMT
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X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 143, message 5 of 7

statton@bu-cs.bu.edu writes:
>X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 139, message 6 of 7
>Well, I'm no expert in x-continental T-1 pricing [...]
>but I suspect that sattelite based circuits will get cheaper and cheaper.

The bottom is falling fast on terrestrial T1 lines.  AT&T dropped
their rates a little while ago, and MCI just followed suit.  From
the April _Data_Communications_

	Fixed Term Plans:

			1year	2years	3years	4years	5years
	Per circuit:	5880$	5880$	5880$	5880$	5880$
	Per mile:	 171$	 142$	 142$	 123$	 123$

Personally, I think anybody who signs on the line for that 5-year
plan must be nuts.
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Chip Rosenthal / chip@vector.Dallas.TX.US / Dallas Semiconductor / 214-450-5337