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Grex Internet Item 56: How would I get an internet line?
Entered by matts on Thu Jun 30 16:00:12 UTC 1994:

I would like to set up an internet access for the public (for a fee) in my
town.  I was wondering how much it c\would cost, and where/who i could 
get it from.  THe college has a line, but it is for students, and me
only.

6 responses total.

#1 of 6 by scg on Thu Jun 30 19:54:49 1994:

How did you get your access from the college originally?  Did you pay them
lots of money, or was there some person who was able to get access for
you?  If it was a person, see if they can pull anymore strings and get you
a connection through the college.  If not, then talk to somebody at the
college and see if you can either convince them that it's a worthy enough
cause that they should help you with it, or see how much money they want.

#2 of 6 by hoagy on Fri Jul 1 08:36:49 1994:

Oh, come now.  Let's give the lad a bit of a taste.

I've been quoted that it'll cost my anywhere from one grand($1,000)
to set up *if* I have the right equipment, and anywhere from
$200-$800 per month in fees.

So, I'm looking at in initial $1200-$1800 investment.

Would be worth it, however, seeing as how the jcc1.merit.edu
dialin lines are busy all the time now with all the 
GOPHER morons running around.

Gopher - the nightmare continues.

#3 of 6 by scg on Fri Jul 1 15:32:58 1994:

I would imagine the cost probably varries greatly depending on where you
are and how sympathetic the people at the local college are to what you
are trying to do.

#4 of 6 by curby on Fri Jul 1 16:10:10 1994:

It will also varies on what type of services you wish to get from you
Internet Provider.  Will you be reselling this service to other people? 
Do you want a company that will spend time with you helping you
troubleshoot a problem, or one that only worries about it's point of
demarc?  Do you want to be attatched to BACKBONE provider, or are you
looking for a local provider?  Do you want to be attached via 9.6k, 19.2k,
28.8k (I think this is the next step), 54k, 64k(ATM), 128k(ISDN), T1, or
T3?  Will you be providing your own routing services, or do you want the
provider to do these for you?

Or are you looking for just looking for someone to supply you with a
dial-in account?

#5 of 6 by hoagy on Tue Jul 5 09:33:12 1994:

...and after you fill in our lovely form(in triplicate),
you are entitled to be even more confused.

Wait until you try to register for a domain name.

First time experience, never done it before?  Might
take 3 or 4 tries.

#6 of 6 by matts on Wed Jul 6 02:12:22 1994:

i would like to resell the servie on a monthly or yearly basis.

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