From mkiser@icm1.icp.net Fri Mar 26 06:52:00 1993 Received: from icm1.icp.net by fido.wps.com (5.67/1.34) id AA03433; Fri, 26 Mar 93 06:51:54 -0800 Received: from [144.224.5.18] by icm1.icp.net (5.65/1.34) id AA14793; Fri, 26 Mar 93 09:56:16 -0500 Date: Fri, 26 Mar 93 09:56:16 -0500 Message-Id: <9303261456.AA14793@icm1.icp.net> From: Marti Kiser To: tomj@fido.wps.com Subject: SprintLink IP Services Status: OR Tom: You will be pleased to know that we do have a Point of Presence in San Francisco, it is located at 185 Berry Street.I would be happy to tell you more about our service, or send you a hard copy of this information if you would like. SprintLink is a public data network service providing switched data network transport based on the Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP). SprintLink service is designed for users requiring Wide Area Network (WAN) connectivity for LAN-to-LAN networking and/or users requiring inter-network capability. SprintLink service is available from all 300+ Points of Preesnce (POPs) and is installed using dedicated access circuits between the customer's premise and the Sprint POP. Access speeds for the service range from 9.6kbps to 1.54 Mbps. SprintLink service includes: A dedicated Port on the SprintLink Network Local Access from the customer's premise to the Sprint POP Terminating equipment at the customer premise (which may include a modem, CSU/DSU, channel bank, router or some combination of the same) Prices for SprintLink services are consistent with the items above. In addition to a one-time installation charge, prices include a monthly recurring charge for: The SprintLink port (prices vary based on speed) Local Access (Prices are based on Sprint's local access tariff) Customer Premise equipment (Prices vary depending on what equipment Sprint provides) In addition to access to the SprintLink network, SprintLink customers can also access (via SprintLink) the Commercial Internet Exchange (CIX) and the Internet. Internet users must comply with the Acceptable Use Policy established by the National Science Foundation. SprintLink is also available using Integrated T-1 Access Partitioning. Specifically, Sprint customers are able to integrate SprintLink service on T- 1 access circuits that may also be used for other Sprint services. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Port Speed Kbps MRC NRC Monthly CPE 9.6 500 660 $550 19.2 550 660 575 56/64 1,000 750 475 128 1,300 1,000 600 256 1,500 1,000 600 384 1,700 1,000 600 512 2,000 1,000 600 640 2,400 1,000 600 T1 2,700 1,000 600 Telco Access: MRC and NRC per US Sprint Tariffs Requires D Conditioning for 9.6 and 19.2 analog lines Promotional Offerings Apply Discounts: Available with Term or Volume Commitments ------------------------------------------------------------------ Regards, Marti Kiser Sprint Government Marketing icm1.icp.net From tomj Fri Mar 26 13:27:27 1993 Received: by fido.wps.com (5.67/1.34) id AA03641; Fri, 26 Mar 93 13:27:08 -0800 From: tomj (Tom Jennings) Message-Id: <9303262127.AA03641@fido.wps.com> Subject: Re: SprintLink IP Services To: mkiser@icm1.icp.net (Marti Kiser) Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1993 13:27:07 -0800 (PST) Cc: gnu@cygnus.com (John Gilmore), tomj (Tom Jennings) In-Reply-To: <9303261456.AA14793@icm1.icp.net> from "Marti Kiser" at Mar 26, 93 09:56:16 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL21] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 2382 Status: OR Dear Mr. Kiser, Thanks for sending me the 'data sheet' on Sprint's IP services. I have some questions I am hoping you can answer for me. I am the manager for The Little Garden, an internet cooperative in the Bay Area, with POPs in San Francisco, Palo Alto and Mtn. View. We have sites in Santa Cruz, Fremont and other areas we will be expanding into hopefully shortly. We have approx. 22 sites with 50 - 75 hosts online, arranged into 20 or so domains. Our members are medium and tiny businesses, and various small social/support groups. We do our own maintenance, name-service, buy and build our routers, etc. We are also researching new communications technologies, such as low-cost microwave, PC-hardware based routers, etc. We are looking to essentially "rent bandwidth", mostly likely T1, or something fractional on T1 hardware that we could expand into. Sprint was recommended to us by a colleague, whose name is not available to me right now (buried in tons of the usual email) who said they were quite pleased with Sprint service. We're flexible, and open to new solutions and proposals. I have a few questions I'd like to discuss, below. First though, am I correct in interpreting the (truncated) table below: > Port Speed Kbps MRC NRC Monthly CPE > 56/64 1,000 750 475 > 256 1,500 1,000 600 > 512 2,000 1,000 600 > T1 2,700 1,000 600 * I assume MRC= Monthly Recurring Charge; NRC= (one time) Non-Recurring Charge; CPE= Consumer Premises Charge? And here are my questions: * Is there provision for us to supply some or all of the CPE, additionally lowering the Monthly CPE charge? CSU/DSUs cost about $500 each end, and routers approx. $2000 per end (at 56K); it would seem that at $600/mo we could pay for the CPE rapidly. * Will Sprint limit the hosts, sites or users we hook up? * Does Sprint limit to and from whom we may pass data (other than upstream networks' AUPs, of course)? > Discounts: Available with Term or Volume Commitments * Can you tell me what these are, and under what conditions they apply? Thanks for your consideration, I look forward to hearing from you again. Tom Jennings tomj@fido.wps.com -- Tom Jennings / tomj@fido.wps.com / World Power Systems / San Francisco CA