[ILUG] Esat Clear "flat rate" costs

[Bernard Tyers]

On Tue, 17 Aug 1999, Padraig Brady wrote:

hea Padraig, you have TOO much time on your hands! *hi hi*

> I just worked out how much it would cost to stay online
> constantly on East Clear using the new service (surfNoLimits
> or something) that they're launching next month. I know there 
> would be problems where you would have to change DNS settings 
> for a domain name everytime you got disconnected. But would this 
> happen often?
that would be the only problem i would say, unless you were in a badly
served phone area, where dropped lines happen (alot, trust me i know)
is there a way that you could use one ip as a bridge to point to your new
dynamic ip when (if) you get cut off/ have to log of?
like use a static ip to route it to your new one? or else just change the
ip by hand when you get it?


> Anyway what I worked it as £8160 inc VAT per year for a full
> time connection to esat. Possible catch is you would have to
> create a new connection after 6PM everyday?
> 
> How does this compare to leasing 64K from telecom or whoever?
> Padraig.
i think it is almost similar. (summit like 7,000? am i wrong?)


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