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+ | [08] HOW MUCH DOES IT COST TO RUN SDF? | ||
+ | So you're curious? | ||
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+ | ways to make this information a bit more public so that it will | ||
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+ | In the old days, when we had 9 telephone lines, the cost was | ||
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+ | I stripped everything off even DTMF (touch tone) dialing! | ||
+ | I still remember the nightmare of $380 a month phone bills. | ||
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+ | ISDN was about $48 a month and would be later used to replace | ||
+ | two analogue lines (an analogue phone line could run over a single | ||
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+ | So here are the rough numbers. | ||
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+ | Old Old Days .. 1987-1989 | ||
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+ | line (214-358-xxxx) and Ted got our first computer on his birthday | ||
+ | from ComputerCraft in Dallas in June of 1985 for $1065.95. | ||
+ | hard drive was purchased in 1989 prior to going with UNIX, but | ||
+ | again other than the IBM XT running briefly running citadel BBS | ||
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+ | Old Days .. 1990-1993 (when we went multiline): | ||
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+ | 2003 - 2009 | ||
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+ | 2010 - Present | ||
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+ | Rent (SEA): $11832 a year (full cabinet and storage + network) | ||
+ | Rent (DFW): | ||
+ | Rent (EU): $0 a year (1U donated value is 840 EU/ | ||
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