[slug-chat] Perm connections.

[Rodos <rodos@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have a perm 64K ISDN to pacific.net and a cable modem. I am wanting drop
my costs because when you add up all the charges it gets quote a bit. I
have some IP address with all sorts of stuff hosted on them, which is the
main hinderance to any change.

One option is to just change the ISDN over to perm modem, the ISP charge
is still $195 a month but at least there is no ISDN call charges each
month. I then don't have to change much.

However if I can get a perm connection from somewhere for less with some
address I can migrate the addresses over, its just a lot of work.

As much as I hate to say it a BigPond direct connection for $22 a month
plus 20c a meg means that the cost will be as low as I can get it,
depending on usage. Its all just mail and some simple web hosting. I can
keep the cable modem and suck volume down that.

Anyone using BPD via a modem with Linux? Do they use normal PPP and
authentication? I see that they will give you IP addresses and do
secondary so I should be able to support everything I need.

Boy I wish I didn't have to do this.

Rodos