RE: [MLUG] Frame Relay or Better

["Spurling, Shannon" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

It's a flaw in the media and tech elite to think that "Fly over country"
has the same physical access issues as the suburbs of some large metro
area. Vern is going to have to go with satellite or an old fashioned
dedicated access circuit. Those are the options in rural areas. We
actually have it worse than some of our western neighbors. They are flat
and don't have to deal with as many hills and rivers. And the population
density means it doesn't pay.
One thing you might consider is ISDN. The following is anecdotal, and I
found it from personal investigation when I was wanting something better
than dialup. If you're in Sprint territory, it's cheaper than Century
Tel. I found out a while back that the cost varied quite a bit between
Telco's for ISDN, and it turns out that it depends on the switch
hardware they bought and how much the ISDN shelf for that hardware cost.
Once they cover the cost of the ISDN shelf, they can start making money,
and can cut back on the subscription price to get more customers
depending on how much the ports cost for the unit. Sprint's service was
realistic. Century Tel cost almost as much as just buying a T1 line, so
nobody I knew in Columbia went for ISDN. SBC also has decent prices on
ISDN IIRC. You could get two BRI's for a reasonable price. Once you get
into PRI's it's on a T1 carrier any way, so you might want to see if you
could get a dedicated circuit any way.

Just my $.02  

Shannon Spurling


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Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 10:49 PM
To: Vern Green; MLUG Members
Subject: Re: [MLUG] Frame Relay or Better

On Apr 6, 2005 9:00 PM, Vern Green <EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:
> 
> Does anyone have any ideas of companies in the Mid-Missouri area that
> can set this type of thing up, and does anyone know about access
> areas. I live in a rural area, just south of Jefferson City, DSL nor
> cable is an option. At the outset Satellite is an option but I would
> like to have something a little more reliable as I might be hosting
> websites and such from this location.

Well, from the chatter on discussion about the security of MU's
wireless, I'd say buy this reaaaally tall Pringles can, and... :-)

More seriously, I'm guessing that's not a really good location for
most of your better access options.  Last year, I ran into somebody
who wanted fast access from (if memory serves) the northwest corner of
Boone County, and I think they went for satellite service.  The lore
on this groups seems to be something like: if in doubt, call
Tranquility.  One thing that I guess might help is not to have any
high-volume server on site, but have it colocated somewhere else with
better access.

It seems to me that this is the great irony of the Internet age. 
People thought you'd be able to live anywhere and telecommute, but
it's just a lot easier to do that if you within X thousand feet of the
phone company's switching station or connected to cable or close
enough to somebody with an open wireless connection...

jking
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