I know here in Houston, Birch Communications sells T1's for $350/mo and that includes the local loop. A wireless provider in my building gives us 3Mb for $199/mo. Luckily, our building is a feed point for wireless customers, so we are hardwired.
Mike > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of m0gely > Sent: Friday, November 14, 2003 9:19 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Re: hlds_linux digest, Vol 1 #3013 - 10 msgs > > DLinkOZ wrote: > > We brought in a dedicated 100mb via fiber into our > datacenter for $5k US. > > Excellent bandwidth, and dirt cheap to boot. > > Do you guys live next to a fibre tree or something? My T1 > costs $650/mo > w/ a $670/mo local loop (Verizon) fee. To bring a > fractional DS3 into my building w/ 3Mb dedicated is like > $3000+ per month. I would LOVE to know how to get more for > my money. Verizon thinks their copper is worth GOLD. Even > if I ditch my current provider for the inet and go all > Verizon (which I may aftet our contract is up) I would only > save about $250/mo. > > Part of my problem is I am no where very close to the ring in > my area so these loop fees suck. My building believe it or > not is probably 100feet away from I-5 on the west coast where > 95% of the fibre is sitting dark... grr. > > -- > - m0gely > http://quake2.telestream.com/ > Q2 | Q3A | Counter-strike > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > archives, please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
