Richard Stanton <rstanton@leland.stanford.edu> (06/07/91)
I've just moved to Larkspur in Marin, and will be spending a lot of time connected to a computer in Berkeley. To do this directly costs 21c/10c per minute on Pacific Bell. I can cut this by about 60% using one of their calling plans, but it will still be a lot of money if I stay connected for a few hours every day. Can anyone think of an alternative way of making this connection (the machine at Berkeley has telnet / FTP access, so a local Internet site would be perfect). Thanks a lot. Richard Stanton pstanton@gsb-lira.stanford.edu
stv@uunet.uu.net> (06/20/91)
In article <telecom11.439.6@eecs.nwu.edu> rstanton@leland.stanford.edu (Richard Stanton) writes: > I've just moved to Larkspur in Marin, and will be spending a lot of > time connected to a computer in Berkeley. To do this directly costs > 21c/10c per minute on Pacific Bell. I can cut this by about 60% using > one of their calling plans, but it will still be a lot of money if I > stay connected for a few hours every day. I had the "Call Bonus" to Berkeley plan when I worked there (I live in San Rafael), but didn't call for several hours a day. I think you could set up an RCF link, with the distances involved. Call the PacBell business office for new BUSINESS service, and get a "Remote Call Forwarding" service set up in Richmond, pointing at your Berkeley number. Then, it's a local call for you from Larkspur to Richmond, and a local forward from Richmond to Berkeley. Total cost: about $18 a month, plus one cent per minute for the call from Larkspur to Richmond. Steve Vance {hplabs,lll-winken,pacbell}!well!stv stv@well.sf.ca.us