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Non-Tech : Bill Wexler's Dog Pound -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Roger A. Babb who wrote (7668)	12/31/2000 3:48:41 PM
From: James F. Hopkins	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10293

Well I haven't pried a lot out of my ISP guru yet, but my understanding is that I will become part of his network; and as soon as my set is turned on his station sees my IP address ( which is no longer dynamic and is assigned to me by him as a permanent IP number ) taht alone has some big advantages as even without a registered name I become as a part of the web and can set up my own server, all you would need is my number to access it. The bandwidth is scaleable by him but I'm guaranteed more than 100 times what DSL can give. Right now he wants $60 a month and a year contract for a hook up but sees the price coming down as he gets more people on board and will adjust the price down with a 10% discount to the first 100 sign ups. He has a T1 line into his place and my connection to the net will look seamless like (if I install server software your computer could see mine just like it can see SI , all you would need is my IP number. If I keep my set on I can act just like an ISP towards other computers who can network to me. ------------- What he saves is the 100 phone line trunk he now has to have for modems, ( It cost him 4 times as much for them as the T1 line does ) so he is expecting his fee to drop dramatically as soon as he recovers his investment in the new stuff, If I buy my end of the package he will drop my fee to $40 to start with. Package cost ( transceiver and software ) is $250 He's still in the testing stage , and I'm waiting make sure it does what he says it will. Jim The brand he is using is WaveAccess, I'm most sure it's by Lucent, I know the little transcevers are made by them.