From owner-freebsd-isp Thu Jun 1 14:26:19 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from blizzard.lightning.net (blizzard.lightning.net [209.51.160.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 962D937B5F1 for ; Thu, 1 Jun 2000 14:26:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jreddy@lightning.net) Received: from nut.lightning.net (nut.lightning.net [209.51.160.16]) by blizzard.lightning.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id RAA01826; Thu, 1 Jun 2000 17:26:13 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <4.3.2.7.2.20000601165517.00af89f0@mail.lightning.net> X-Sender: jreddy@mail.lightning.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.2 Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2000 17:23:05 -0400 To: Jan Knepper From: John Reddy Subject: Re: Burstable T1 Cc: FreeBSD-ISP@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <3936B4DF.B9471CD2@smartsoft.cc> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 03:09 PM 6/1/00 -0400, Jan Knepper wrote: >What do you guys think about "Burstable T1" to setup an Internet Host with >FreeBSD? >I asked a couple of weeks ago about Frame Relay. Frame Relay however is rather >expensive compared to "Burstable T1". DSL is not available where I want to >have >the host. Too far away from a CO. The only one is IDSL (DSL over ISDN), but >since we've already ISDN-2 I don't think that would be a real solution. I would find out how the ISP defines "Burstable". Some companies refer to rate limiting, or to the CIR of Frame circuits when saying their lines are burstable. Other companies use "Burstable" in reference to billing, where they bill based on your actually usage of the line. -John Reddy To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message