We have dealt with UUNET as our ISP. In the beginning we started with Frame Relay. This required buying a Cisco 2501 router and a Kentronix CSU/DSU, which combined were about $2500. I think Cisco has released models since then that do both. The total monthly cost of the service (UUNET + Telco) was around $500.

When our bandwidth needs increased, we switched to "burstable T-1" which allows you to have full T-1, but you're billed according to your usage, thus allowing you to scale up gradually. We were able to use the same Cisco router, and only had to purchase a different CSU/DSU. We're now paying around $1800/month, which is about half of what a full T-1 would be.

-- Randy

>Erik,
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>Would you happen to know how much one could expect to pay to have their VFP app hosted on the web? I hear it's pretty expensive (hundreds of $$ per month) so you'd have to be a large company to justify such an expense. I'm asking because I'd like to get some experience with this outside of my company (we're not doing any web stuff) and would like to start with a simple app that myself and a couple of friends could use to maintain a mailing list.
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>Thanks for your help!
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>-JT