i Want to start a dial-up service

[Albinus]

In Australia there is really no point, 95% of the country is not financially viable to service. Unlike the continental US, the same physical size as Australia (roughly) but with over 15 times the people, it's much more viable there :thumb:

[Mr. C]

What you say is in essence true Albinus.
But when you factor in the spread of that 15x population, it does leave a lot of people out in the cold.

Are you aware that the second largest city in South Dakota is actually an Air Force base?
Situated snugly against the 3rd largest city in the state. While the largest city is about 500 miles away on the other side of the state.

That's a lot of cattle ranches/farms inbetween. How economically viable is it to run fibre-optic cable an extra 120 miles to wire Mr. rancher?
In actuality, he has a real need for such connectivity, and would soon make good use of it in the everyday operations of his life/profession. But unfortunately, he is not likely to get that vital access in the near future.

North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, Idaho - all have similar problems in regards to population -- there are a few pockets that get the attention. While the major part of the population goes without such infrastructure.

[Albinus]

But having little towns all across the country can be beneficial. Simply have a node on a transcontinental optic fibre, and the town is serviced. We don't have that in Australia, the only transcontinental fibre is the Nullabour Plain, between Perth and Adelaide (also the home of the world's longest stretch of straight railway).

Sand isn't very good to lay cable in

[Hughesey]

*dr evil voice*

ONE ..... BILLION.... DOLLARS

:D

[T-Shirt]

$1000-2500 Plus provisioning (you pay for the providing an upgrades nessasry to bring the local loop up to code,new equipment at the CO)
Depends alot on state regulation (tariffs)
Call the phone providers for that area, get a quote (at least that's free)

[brashquido]

Anyone know how mucha private T1 line would cost?

Gotta remember you're dealing with Tel$tra here!! I worked for an ISP that payed $30,000 to $50,000 per month for a similar connection!! Tel$tra is hella expensive!! We did have 25,000 users though.

[Albinus]

Errrrrr........ he's in America? As far as I know, Telstra ain't heavily involved there :toung: