[ale] [ale-admin] Frame relay and Linux

[Robbie Honerkamp]

Thus spake Matthew Brown (matthew.brown at cordata.net):

> You really need to look into SDSL.  It works at the same 'speed' as a T-1
> for several hundred dollars less than your going to spend.
> 
> A full T-1 speed Internet connection can be obtained for around
> $700-800/month, and the fractioanl rates are even cheaper.  For 400kbps your
> probably under $450.

Yep. Comstar is selling SDSL service now- I think their full SDSL T1 pricing
was just $1200 or thereabouts, no install fees, no local loop.  Sounds like 
BellSouth is trying to take him for a ride- I payed much less than $1800/mo
for a burstable T1 at my last job.

I'm about to replace my ISDN with SDSL- BellSouth can't serve me with ADSL,
but the CLEC that Comstar has partnered with can get SDSL to me! I think 
that 160k SDSL was $175/mo (compared to $200/mo for dedicated 64k ISDN).

Robbie

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Patrick Graves <jpgraves at bellsouth.net>
> To: <ale-admin at ale.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 1999 12:27 AM
> Subject: [ale] [ale-admin] Frame relay and Linux
> 
> 
> >I am looking for an economical yet solid frame relay solution for a
> >small business.  They are considering spending $4k on a cisco router.
> >They are planning on using a burstable frac T1 from Bellsouth.net @
> >$1800/month.  I don't know exactly what that means, but I think they are
> >guaranteed 384k but it bursts up to 1.5M.
> >
> >I'm trying to talk them into spending $4k on a Linux File/Print server
> >(rather than $10k HP/NT solution)
> >
> >I'm assuming that a Linux frame relay router could be built under $2k,
> >but are there other cost effective frame relay solutions which may be
> >easier? And if Linux is the best answer, who builds Linux frame relay
> >routers?
> >
> >Patrick Graves
> >North Avenue Technologies
>