On Mon, Jul 22, 2002 at 10:38:09AM -0500, Nate Carlson wrote: > On Sat, 20 Jul 2002, Mike Horwath wrote: > > > Only way I'd be comfortable reselling DSL is if it came from someone > > > like Covad (SDSL), but since Covad's on shaky grounds.. *shrugs*. > > > > Huh? > > > > Reselling Qwest is great and dandy. It works! > > > > Or are you talking about 'reselling services over Qwest DSL'? > > I meant using Qwest DSL as an upstream for a WISP, versus buying a T1. Ah, K. I don't know of any local ISp that allows such. DSL would not be the right thing anyway for lotso reasons. > > I don't know. > > > > If you are close to downdtown Minneapolis or St. Paul, your loop > > charge wont' be high and we'll sell you a PtP T1 for $700/month plus > > local loop, with loop charge of ~$100 in downtown, and under ~$200 for > > within 5 miles. > > Yeah, $900 was a bit on the high side I guess.. :) Perhaps, but it takes money to make money. > > A T1 will feel better than cable. Have you ever sat on one directly? > > > > :) > > But of course. :) Did you get burned? :) > > Higher speeds means for cheaper per Mbps charges. Chicken and egg... > > Yup. That's the hard part about most business ventures. :( -- Mike Horwath IRC: Drechsau drechsau at Geeks.ORG Home: 763-540-6815 1901 Sumter Ave N, Golden Valley, MN 55427 Opinions stated in this message, or any message posted by myself through my Geeks.ORG address, are mine and mine alone, period.