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To: djane who wrote (52319)	8/19/1998 9:20:00 AM
From: gbh	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 61433

djane, its getting deployed, I just wonder how many will be early adopters. In my region (Bellsouth), it will be available in just a few weeks. $300 setup fee, and $50 or $60 per month depending on your current phone service calling plan. It will give me unlimited, always-on, access at 1.5Mb/s download, 256Kb/s upload. Bellsouth acts as the ISP, so no ISP fee. This compares to the $61/month + $25/month I now pay for ISDN, which is metered at 150 hours at the ISP, and 200 hours at Bellsouth. So its obvious that many ISDN users will switch. The question is will many 56K analog users be willing to step-up. I think the price is still $10-20 too high. Just my opinion. Gary