statton@bu-cs.bu.edu (04/20/89)
Well, I'm no expert in x-continental T-1 pricing (I just have to figger out how many I want ... not how much they'll cost), but I suspect that sattelite based circuits will get cheaper and cheapr. They're all but useless for voice communications, because of delay (and related echo) problems, but for hacker-based networks, they'd be really winning. With more and more traffic being moved to fiber based networks, I see sattelite channels being given away in boxes of cereal. Scott
chip@vector.dallas.tx.us (Chip Rosenthal) (04/22/89)
statton@bu-cs.bu.edu writes: >X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 139, message 6 of 7 >Well, I'm no expert in x-continental T-1 pricing [...] >but I suspect that sattelite based circuits will get cheaper and cheaper. The bottom is falling fast on terrestrial T1 lines. AT&T dropped their rates a little while ago, and MCI just followed suit. From the April _Data_Communications_ Fixed Term Plans: 1year 2years 3years 4years 5years Per circuit: 5880$ 5880$ 5880$ 5880$ 5880$ Per mile: 171$ 142$ 142$ 123$ 123$ Personally, I think anybody who signs on the line for that 5-year plan must be nuts. -- Chip Rosenthal / chip@vector.Dallas.TX.US / Dallas Semiconductor / 214-450-5337