[ale] OT: Advice / help

[Nathan J. Underwood]

I've always been a bit suspicious of the BS copper that they (have?) to 
provide to their competitors.

BS used to be able to charge *whatever* for high-speed network access 
(several hundred for ISDN, several thousand for T-1, and on up the 
chain), and keep the vast majority of the $$

Now, BS provides copper only to companies like Cbeyond who then provide 
the customer with a 'value added' T-1 circuit for $500.

Perhaps a bit overly simplistic, but I believe it's pretty accurate.

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James P. Kinney III wrote:

>On Sat, 2005-09-17 at 11:57 -0400, Nathan J. Underwood wrote:
>  
>
>>I've heard both good and bad about Cbeyond.  My company is a Cbeyond 
>>Channel Partner, and we recommend it to quite a few of our clients.  
>>Thus far, we've got clients running the BV1 (single T-1) and BVIII 
>>(three T-3's), and none have had any real trouble (there has been an 
>>issue with bubba and the backhoe).  I've heard from a number of other 
>>people though that have had nothing but trouble.
>>    
>>
>
>I am deeply suspicious about the T1 connection that BS provides. Most of
>the issues my folks have had with connectivity have been related to BS
>and their T1 line, not CBeyond connection.
>  
>
>>Ryan Fish wrote:
>>
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>>
>>>Every customer we have that uses CBeyond has nothing but trouble with their
>>>connectivity.  In fact we HIGHLY recommend that NONE of our customers even
>>>consider them as an option.
>>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of James P.
>>>Kinney III
>>>Sent: Saturday, September 17, 2005 9:02 AM
>>>To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
>>>Subject: Re: [ale] OT: Advice / help
>>>
>>>On Sat, 2005-09-17 at 07:39 -0400, Christopher Fowler wrote:
>>> 
>>>
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>>>
>>>>On Sat, 2005-09-17 at 03:33 -0400, Marvin the Martian wrote:
>>>>   
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>>http://www.cbeyond.net/
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>They'll do ya a t-1 for under 200 bux. 
>>>>>     
>>>>>
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>>Is that per month?  He'll still need some device that can do frame
>>>>right?  Like a cisco 2500 router.
>>>>   
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>Cbeyond offers T1's with phone and data for about $500/month (5 lines,
>>>2000 minutes of long distance, other perks, etc). It includes the Cisco
>>>box that dynamically splits out phone traffic from data traffic. If the
>>>phone is not in use, you have a full T1 of data. Each phone call eats
>>>96k of data of bandwidth.
>>>
>>>I have several clients with CBeyond and they are very happy.
>>>
>>>If anyone is interested drop me a line and I will get you in touch with
>>>a top-notch (i.e. not pushy) sales rep who can fill you in on all the
>>>details.
>>>
>>>They have multiple packages for larger needs (15 lines, 2 T1's, etc).
>>> 
>>>
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