At 09:43 AM 5/21/98 -0400, you wrote:

Yes, John, I've been reading NANOG long enough to be aware that there are hundreds of ways to do it wrong.

There are about a dozen ways to do it right, too.

There are only about 40 ISPs in this area, OC-3 is probably overkill... not to mention whether it's actually _available_ reasonably, but you'll notice that's where I started.

You tell the telco what you're up to and they'll gladly provision you on glass. It is much more cost effective for them than to provision (and maintain) multiple copper circuits.

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