Path: utzoo!dciem!nrcaer!sce!jstewart
From: jstewart@sce.carleton.ca (John Stewart)
Newsgroups: ont.uucp
Subject: Re: Bell drops data rates -- who wants to join private internet?
Message-ID: <744@sce.carleton.ca>
Date: 20 Dec 89 18:26:51 GMT
References: <63100@looking.on.ca>
Reply-To: jstewart@sce.UUCP (John Stewart)
Organization: Systems Eng., Carleton Univ., Ottawa, Canada
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	I'm glad to hear that Bell has dropped their rates for 56kb lines.  It may
not be as significant as you think, because another company INSINC has been selling
56kb lines for considerably less than Bell (I think as much as 60% less).

	I think you have several misconceptions about ONet

	1) The highest line speeds in ONet are 56kb and these only occur where 
	   several ONet members share a link.  Several ONet members only get a
	   19.2kb connection.

	2) The supposed high cost of belonging to ONet is just a reflection of the
	   real costs of leased lines and routers.  Leased line charges are by far
	   the largest item in ONet's budget.  How will your costs be lower if you
	   set up your own network?

	I do see the point you are trying to make -- why should a small company that
isn't going to generate much traffic pay as much to belong to ONet as a large
university or company?   There are people within ONet who are aware of this problem,
though as yet no solution has been proposed.

	I think it would be counterproductive for another TCP/IP network to be setup in
Ontario.  Working towards a system for allowing organizations such as yours to join
ONet would be more beneficial in the long run.  


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