From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Jan 17 20:07:58 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id UAA06703 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 17 Jan 1996 20:07:58 -0800 (PST) Received: from argus.flash.net (root@[206.149.24.19]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id UAA06698 for ; Wed, 17 Jan 1996 20:07:53 -0800 (PST) Received: (from lists@localhost) by argus.flash.net (8.6.12/8.6.12) id WAA00595; Wed, 17 Jan 1996 22:06:17 -0600 From: mailing list account Message-Id: <199601180406.WAA00595@argus.flash.net> Subject: Re: Another cool hack with FreeBSD... To: max@underdog.maxie.com (James Robertson) Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 22:06:17 -0600 (CST) Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: from "James Robertson" at Jan 17, 96 10:04:58 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk In reply: > On Thu, 18 Jan 1996, michael butler wrote: > > > With Telstra Internet, access at 28k8 is a flat $A500/month. ISDN is a > > _minimum_ of $A2k/month for _one_ _unused_ 64k channel. Use it, and that > > can reach $A9k/month .. I know, I have one :-( > Ouch. ISDN at T-1 prices for here. I had no idea the prices varied by that > much. > > > Multi-link protocols would help enormously in this country, if only to force > > Telstra to be more reasonable about their ISDN pricing, > > But If it were added to FreeBSD, would there be a provider willing to > implement it at thier end? Unless both ends of the link did it, you'd > only get better throughput in one direction. I would suspect a new > company that offered such a service would do very well against the > competition though. :-) > > James Robertson > Treetop Internet Services Whew! Anyone know the exchange rate for $A -> $US ??? I didn't think that the aussie dollar was that far from the us dollar [but then, it's been a few years since i last checked]... Interesting that they don't do flat-rate isdn there.. do they charge by the packet, like some x.25 carriers here STILL do [tymnet, telenet]? Jim -- All opinions expressed are mine, if you | "I will not be pushed, stamped, think otherwise, then go jump into turbid | briefed, debriefed, indexed, or radioactive waters and yell WAHOO !!! | numbered!" - #1, "The Prisoner" jbryant@argus.flash.net - FlashNet Communications - Ft. Worth, Texas