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Date:      Tue, 08 Dec 1998 10:47:14 +0100 (CET)
From:      Manuel Enrique Garcia Cuesta <megarcia@intercom.es>
To:        Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: How much to pay my ISP for my own Internet domain ?
Message-ID:  <XFMail.981208104714.megarcia@intercom.es>
In-Reply-To: <19981208161113.V12688@freebie.lemis.com>

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El 08-Dec-98 a la(s) 05:41:13 Greg Lehey escribia:

>> still it's difficult: ISPs here used to be known to lie potential
>> customers about their upstream bandwidth and other throughput data.
> 
> You can check it.

        Can I ?  What do you suggest ?  The carrier that supplies them
the link will not say as they consider this confidential.

>> The best way for choosing an ISP here is asking people who use them,
>> but up to now I don't know of any ISP that matches the apparent good
>> performance of my current one.
> 
> Don't underestimate the value of good connectivity and lack of
> problems.

        I certainly don't, believe me.

>>         The University where I attended might be a good alternative and
>> I'm already considering it, and besides they are quite near.
> 
> If not, let me know.  I spoke to an ISP friend last night, and he
> would be prepared to supply this kind of functionality at a reasonable
> price.  It won't be free, but it would onlyh be a small fraction of
> the price your ISP is asking.

        Great, many thanks. I might have an answer late this week since
it's been a holiday today and yesterday here.
 
>>         Besides the University I will try to play with my ISP the
>> poor little guy with the poor little PC. Serious, that's what I am
>> anyway. They are business-biased and maybe I can make them look
>> downwards a bit.
> 
> Good luck

        Thanks, I'll need it.

> Greg
                                        Manuel Garcia

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