THE WELCH COMPANY
440 Davis Court #1602
San Francisco, CA 94111-2496
415 781 5700


S U M M A R Y


DIARY: October 18, 1999 08:00 AM Monday; Rod Welch

Develop automation plan for ARC's project, called Yves Barbero.

1...Summary/Objective
2...Obtain Price for DSL Communication Access to Internet

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1...Yves suggested talking to Pac Bell for DSL support cost.

CONTACTS 
0201 - A. R. Construction Company           415 656 2800
020101 - Mr. Ronald Arana; President
020102 - aramet@aol.com
0202 - Yves Barbero Technologies            415 285 4358
020201 - Mr. Yves Barbero; President
020202 - ybarbero@yvesbarbero.com
0203 - Pacific Bell Network Services        510 901 9094 fax 806 0729
020301 - Ms. Evelyn Bannon; Technical Advisor =213 339 4736
020302 - eb1943@msg.pacbell.com
020303 - ISDN/DSL Help Desk =800 221 4736
0204 - JPS Net                              800 711 5353 fax or 800...
020401 - Mr. James Davey; Web Hosting Sales  =Telephone
020402 - jdavy@corp.jps.netet
020403 - Sales Department

SUBJECTS
Inquiries

0403 -    ..
0404 - Summary/Objective
0405 -
040501 - Follow up ref SDS 27 0000, ref SDS 26 0000.
040502 -
040503 - Explained goals to develop computers for Com Metrics, per meeting with
040504 - Ronald on 991015. ref SDS 27 1581
040505 -
040506 - Gave Yves web site address for Communication Metrics...
040507 -
040508 -
040509 -                   http://www.welchco.com
040510 -
040511 -
040512 -     Submitted ref DIT 1 0001 linked to this record, confirming our
040513 -     plan to meet on Thursday.  Sent copy to Ronald and Pat.
040514 -
040515 -       [On 991020 Yves confirmed these understandings. ref SDS 28 0001]
040516 -
040517 - Yves sold ARC some computers and set up their network.  He has done
040518 - some Y2K upgrades, and, also, indicated other work is needed, but Yves
040519 - has not heard from Ronald for 2 years.
040520 - ..
040521 - We set a meeting for 991021 1000 to discuss ARC's existing
040522 - system, and how much of an upgrade is needed.
040523 -
040524 -     Directions..
040525 -
040526 -        Take Market to Delores, a block or so past Church street near
040527 -        the Safeway store.
040528 -
040529 -        Turn left onto Delores, and go 3 or 4 blocks to...
040530 -
040531 -                  1073 Delores
040532 -                  San Francisco, CA  94110-2924
040533 -
040534 - Yves suggested talking to Pac Bell for DSL support cost.
040535 -
040536 -     Did this below. ref SDS 0 0710
040537 -
040538 - Yves said 4 systems configured as...
040539 -
040540 -     450 MHZ Pentium IIs
040541 -     128 MB RAM
040542 -     10 GB Hard drive
040543 -     17" monitor
040544 -
040545 - ...would cost 1,500 each, so four would be $6K
040546 -
040547 - He wants additional payment for W98.
040548 -
040549 - Discussed $200 each to configure at work site, connected to the
040550 - network.
040551 -
040552 - Yves has a web site...
040553 -
040554 -
040555 -                       http://www.yvesbarbero.com
040556 -
040557 -
040558 - This is an interesting site.  The design and quotes are attractive and
040559 - insightful.  It seems to promote support for Y2K solutions.
040560 -
040561 - Yves email...
040562 -
040563 -                       ybarbero@yvesbarbero.com
040564 -
040565 -
040566 -
040567 -
040568 -
0406 -

SUBJECTS
Communication DSL Internet Access
DSL High Speed Transmission System

0605 -
060501 -  ..
0606 -
0607 - 1525 Called Pac Bell
0608 -
060801 -  ..
060802 - Obtain Price for DSL Communication Access to Internet
060803 -
060804 - Talked to George Wharf, manager of ISDN and DSL Services at Pac Bell.
060805 -
060806 - He put me in touch with...
060807 -
060808 -
060809 -                       Evelyn Bannon
060810 -                       213 339 3372
060811 -                       800 221 4736    8a - 8p M - F, 8 - 5 on S
060812 -
060813 -
060814 - Evelyn said DSL is different from ISDN
060815 -
060816 -       ISDN is a dedicated line to the ISP.
060817 -
060818 -       DSL uses existing phone lines.
060819 -
060820 -       Pac Bell provides ADSL that uses analog lines.
060821 - ..
060822 - Evelyn indicated that Pac Bell cannot support Centrix phone
060823 - system. She checked and saw that AR Construction's phone number...
060824 -
060825 -
060826 -                       415 656 2800
060827 -
060828 -       ...is a Centrix system.
060829 -
060830 - Evelyn said that often there is a separate analog phone line for fax,
060831 - and this line can be used for DSL service.
060832 -
060833 - Evelyn is not sure if we can continue using jps.net and simply have
060834 - access through Pac Bell.
060835 -
060836 - She said ISPs may have partnerships with Pac Bell.
060837 -
060838 - In any case, we may need to pay either $10 per month for ISP support
060839 - in order to have DSL support from Pac Bell.
060840 -
060841 -    100 MB on Pac Bell ISP server......................  $100/month
060842 -
060843 -
060844 - There a variety of different DSL services.
060845 -
060846 -
060847 -    Basic service
060848 -
060849 -       Incoming access at 384K/Sec - 1.5M/Sec
060850 -       Uploading          128K/Sec
060851 -
060852 -       Modem                                              $39/month
060853 -       ISP service                                         10/month
060854 -
060855 -
060856 -    Enhanced service
060857 -
060858 -       5 IP addresses
060859 -
060860 -       Incoming access at 384K/Sec - 1.5M/Sec             $79/month
060861 -       Uploading          128K/Sec
060862 -
060863 -       5 IP addresses High Speed
060864 -
060865 -       Incoming access at 1.5M/Sec - 6M/Sec              $199/month
060866 -       Uploading          128K/Sec
060867 -
060868 -
060869 -    Business Service
060870 -
060871 -       29 IP addresses High Speed
060872 -
060873 -       Incoming access at 1.5M/Sec - 6M/Sec              $238/month
060874 -       Uploading          128K/Sec
060875 -
060876 -  ..
060877 -
060878 - Evelyn will send me an email confirming these understandings, and she
060879 - will provide a phone number for a salesman who can made a
060880 - presentation.
060881 -
060882 -      [On 991019 received Evelyn's letter. ref SDS 29 4060]
060883 -
060884 -      [On 000401 ordered Pac Bell DSL serivice. ref SDS 30 4096
060885 -
060886 -      [On 000515 encountered service problems not disclosed by Pac
060887 -      Bell. ref SDS 31 5252
060888 -
060889 -
060890 -  ..
0609 -
0610 -
0611 - 1105 called JPS
0612 -
061201 - Talked to James.
061202 -
061203 - He advised we can continue using JPS as our domain host, which
061204 - provides 100MB much cheaper than Pac Bell.
061205 -
061206 - We can use Pac Bell for DSL access, and will get the benefit of high
061207 - speed access to the data on the JPS servers.
061208 -
061209 - James will submit a letter confirming this understanding.
061210 -
061211 -    [On 991019 received letter from JPS. ref SDS 29 4032]
061212 -
061213 -
061214 -
061215 -
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0613 -
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