On Wed, 12 Jun 2002, Austad, Jay wrote: > So, I need to find something else. I cannot get DSL, I'm too far from > the CO. Have you checked DSL recently? Qwest just relaxed their requirements, so a lot of people can get it now who couldn't before. > Does anyone know of a place I can get a dirt cheap T1? The cheapest > I've found is $699 a month (loop fee is included) for a full T1 with > an entire class C. If you're out of DSL range, your local loop is probably $350-$400/mo, so finding a full T1 (not metered bandwidth) for $700/mo is an _extremely_ good deal. > A friend of mine who lives a couple miles from me has a fairly fast > DSL line. I was thinking of getting a dry pair to his house ($40 or > so a month, also called an alarm pair). You can set up an SDSL modem > on each end and achieve 1Mbit/sec across the link. So I'd just route > through his network and out his DSL line. Got any decent line of sight to him? You could set up wireless to him instead of one of the wireless companies. :) -- Nate Carlson <natecars at real-time.com> | Phone : (952)943-8700 http://www.real-time.com | Fax : (952)943-8500