17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
On Mon, 6 Feb 1995, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
Remember, by the way, that PPP is far cheaper per customer than shell accounts, even though moronic providers right now don't make it look that way.
PPP/SLIP is currently not cheaper per customer - if you figure in the time your help desk staff put in over the first couple of weeks of a new customer coming on line. Many people who have barely ever used a BBS are deciding they "need their internet connection" and going SLIP/PPP even where a shell account would do most of what they want. -Thomas