Re: Telecomputing and Support

[Bob Angell <aimsllc@xxxxxxx>]

Art Tostaine, Jr. wrote:
> 
> O'Connor, Peter H. wrote:
> 
> > I can go anywhere in the world with my laptop and support clients, from a
> > beach, boat, or from the top of Mt Washington etc.  If I have to get onto
> > my system, I just get onto the internet and then get on my system.  From my
> > 400 system, I can get onto any of my clients systems within a matter of 5
> > minutes.   I can fax them, download files, upload files, debug problems.
 
> Peter:
> 
> How do you connect your AS/400 to the internet?  Most direct connections 
>start at
> $500 per month, not to mention the hardware charge and startup fees?
> 
> We've looked into ISDN, but it still is around $250 per month in the New York
> Area.

I'm not Peter ... <g>.  However, you can connect your AS/400
to the Internet for around $200 (UUNET ISP which gives you
a full Class-C network) plus telco charges per month.  AIMS
ISDN will run in the neighborhood of around $36/month (ISP)
plus $77/month (telco) unlimited ... BTW, we still had to
purchase router/modem/firewall (~$1200) ... but that is the
latest experience (we are just getting ISDN so the charges
are current).  Hope this helps.

-Bob-
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