>> On Thu, 5 Jan 2006 23:13:21 -0500, "Kauffman, Tom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> There's "cheap" and then there's "cost-effective". For what the telco > wanted for a T3 to our hangar (our off-site storage facility) we could > pay wages and full benefits to TWO clerical types to do nothing but snag > and shuttle tapes. I don't remember the exact number, but I seem to > recall that the monthly fee ran to around $90,000 per year. It would be > cheaper if we crossed a state line, so that federal tariffs applied. Hmm. business-class cable modems in both places? :) Seriously: My moonlight consulting server is at the end of a business-class (i.e. SLA-enabled) connection for which I could get 4.5 Mb symmetric for ~300/month, I think? That's 3x T1... Maybe the mexico and poland idea isn't that bad after all. - Allen S. Rout
