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GREX Internet Connection Moves, but where?
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May 9 23:44 UTC 2000 |
This item is for discussion of the forthcoming move and possible alteration
of Grex's internet connection.
This was begun via mail, but I will leave it to those who better understand
the issues involved to enter relevant portions of those messages.
The background is the the person whose residence is the connection point for
our access is moving, and may not stay in town long-term after the move.
Either we move our ISDN connection with him, or we arrange an alternate
solution. Being discussed are DSL (and providers thereof) and alternate
providers of ISDN service.
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May 10 01:46 UTC 2000 |
I just posted this in the other item:
The situation was mentioned to me, with no firm timeline, a week or two ago.
I probably didn't mention it to anybody else at the time. The staff was
just told about the situation this morning. We would presumably have gotten
more notice if we were paying market rates for a connection from a commercial
provider, rather than getting a free connection from a friend, but we'd be
paying a lot more for it too.
Basically, we have two choices that make sense. One is to move the ISDN line
to Dorian's new place. We'll probably pay something like a $140 installation
charge, and other than that our monthly costs will remain the same.
Alternatively, we could get a DSL connection from a commercial ISP. The DSL
connection would cost a bit more, but not enough more to make a huge
difference. It would be slightly faster, and probably slightly more reliable,
but again not enough to make a huge difference.
It's really not a huge issue. The board has to decide to do one or the other,
and the decision has to be made fast, but it really doesn't matter very much
which.
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