Re: BA's new flat rate -- its $249 per month for residents

[bob@larribeau.com (Bob Larribeau)]

  I think you are overstating your case.  What you say is basically true for
  TAs like the BitSurfr or Win 95 Dial-up networking.  With the ISDN router
  products like the Ascend Pipeline 50 I use, B-channels are brought up and
  down on demand.
  
  I have my Pipe 50 set up to be reasonably sensitive.  In a recent month I
  had 37 hours of usage on the first B-channel and 5.4 hours on the second
  B-channel.  You really don't need two B-channels for Internet access most of
  the time.
  
  Bob Larribeau
  
  
  At 10:27 AM 4/18/96 -0400, you wrote:
  >On Wed, 17 Apr 1996, Fred R. Goldstein wrote:
  >
  >> Pricing:
  >> 
  >> Measured                $23.50
  >> 20 Hour Callpack         31.00
  >> 60 Hour Callpack         45.00
  >> 140 Hour Callpack        60.00
  >> 300 Hour Callpack        90.00
  >> 500 Hour Callpack       120.00
  >> Flat Rate               249.00
  >
  >	Remember that if you use the service at its full capability, both 
  >B channels (128 Kbps), rather than the single B channel (64 Kbps) which 
  >Bell Atlantic misleadingly uses as the basis for its rates, it is even 
  >more expensive.  Using a single B channel is like buying a new sportscar 
  >and deciding that despite what you have spent (for ISDN we are talking 
  >about the service plus the costly hardware/software) you will run on 4 
  >rather than 8 cylinders.  So if you choose to use the full speed of your 
  >ISDN connection (both B channels at 128 Kbps), as most people would, the 
  >chart above looks like this:
  >
  >
  >	 Measured                $23.50
  >	 10 Hour Callpack         31.00
  >	 30 Hour Callpack         45.00
  >	 70 Hour Callpack         60.00
  >	150 Hour Callpack         90.00
  >	250 Hour Callp ack       120.00
  >	Flat Rate                249.00
  > 
  >
  >	These prices are completely out of line with the cost of 
  >providing the service and will do little to encourage broad deployment of 
  >ISDN.  Bell Atlantic just doesn't get it.
  >   
  >			Todd
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   Bob Larribeau                           bob@larribeau.com 
   ISDN Consultant                         San Francisco