[geeks] News server access

James Sharp geeks at sunhelp.org
Mon Aug 13 14:11:17 CDT 2001


> Verizon, who doesn't seem to offer fixed IPs on DSL.  They do have
> something called SMDS, which costs a low $525 for 1.17mbs, or $225 for
> 56k, with nothing in between.  I don't see anything about the number of
> IPs with that.

SMDS is SCARY.  It almost like an unholy mix of frame relay and
shared-media ethernet with a bit of ATM thrown in.





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