The DSL charge from BellSouth is ~$60US reducing the CKb to $0.052US. (That's at full rate) Ron ______________________ Ron Muir BellSouth.net ron.muir@bellsouth.net (770)522-6363 :-----Original Message----- :From: owner-nanog@merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu]On Behalf Of :trall@almaden.ibm.com :Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 1999 4:02 PM :To: rmeyer@mhsc.com :Cc: LIST NANOG :Subject: Re: Death knell for residential non-cable access? : : : : : :(I dropped domain-policy off of the distribution - this doesn't :seem to have :anything to do with that topic. And it may not be a good nanog :topic either, :but here I go anyway.) : :> Type bit-rate Monthly CKb :> modems 33.6Kbps ~$25US $0.74US note:$25 telco + $0 :ISP charges :> modems 33.6Kbps ~$34US $1.01US note:$25 telco + $9 :ISP charges :> Cable 1024Kbps ~$49US $0.04US :> DSL 1148Kbps ~$600US $0.52US :> T1 1540Kbps ~$2500US $1.62US : :I think Roeland is ignoring a couple of pretty important issues to many :customers: : :1. Many folks are almost completely price-driven. A $25 service :is preferred :over a $49 service, regardless of capacity issues. : :2. Some folks are very much part-time connectors. They use their :normal voice :line to talk to their ISP. They don't consider the cost of the :line as part of :the cost of the Ineternet connection. So their ISP service costs :them 9 or 19 :dollars (or even 0, if we reach that point). : :Tony Rall : : : :