RE: AS/400 internet conection

ISDN rates are by no means constant.  In Indianapolis, with Ameritech, 
it is a flat $99/month for a buisness dual-B ISDN circuit.  NO useage 
charges.

18months ago, they had useage charges and the same circuit would have 
been many hundreds of dollars more.

At the same time, in Westfield Indiana (a 'burb of Indy..where I 
live), if ISDN was even availible, it would be the many hundreds with 
a per hour useage charge.

It's just like my Real Estate buddy says:  Location, Location, 
Location!

My ISP charges me $200/month for a dedicated dual-B (128k) connection 
with 13 static IP address's.  Total cost: $300.  We use a CISCO 760 
ISDN TA/Router that cost about $700.

What ever you use, get the router from the ISP and pay for 
installation on a flat rate.  And do NOT send the check till you have 
been up at least a month with no problem.

Bob

-----Original Message-----
From:   Art Tostaine, Jr. [SMTP:art@link400.com]
Sent:   Wednesday, April 14, 1999 12:07 PM
To:     MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
Subject:        RE: AS/400 internet conection

James:

You only have to pay $85 to USWest?  Do you have to pay hourly 
charges?

Art Tostaine, Jr.
CCA, Inc.
Parlin, NJ  08859


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-midrange-l@midrange.com
> [mailto:owner-midrange-l@midrange.com]On Behalf Of James W Kilgore
> Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 1999 11:22 AM
> To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject: Re: AS/400 internet conection
>
>
> Mike,
>
> We have a setup like Art describes.  Really simple.
> The local telco (USWest) charges $85/mo for an ISDN line and
> NWNexus has
> a soho offering of 250 hours/month for $85/mo.  That covers
> 10 hours/day
> before extra charges kick in.
>
> NWNexus provided a router (Netopia) for $700, which they
> configured with
> a static IP address.
>
> The only problem we have run into is that the ISP setup is
> designed for
> outbound traffic.  When the router at the 400 times out, it
> doesn't wake
> up from outside traffic.  We wrote a program that does a ping every 
15
> seconds and that solved that.
>
> HTH

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