This bandwidth can be delivered. The other question. How do we get into
this game? (for less than a million bucks). Ever price an OC12?
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On Sun, 31 Jan 1999, MegaZone wrote:
> Once upon a time Tom Muchmore shaped the electrons to say...
> >SWB recently announced ADSL for $39.00 a month and ADSL with full internet
> >access for $49.00 a month. Course it has to go through FCC etc. I think but
> >they hope to offer it this quarter in some of the larger cities in their
> >area. Plans for over 200 COs in 1999 if I remember correctly.
> >Could cause some interesting situations for many of us. Hard to offer that
> >kind of bandwidth for $10.00 a month.
>
> Of course, it is oversold to hell and back. Just like GTE's ADSL/frame
> stuff. I mean, *seriously*, orders-of-magnitude, oversold. Do you think
> that for every 28 ADSL users they have a T3? It is probably more like
> 2800 ADSL users hauled over a T3. Yes, the last mile is fast. But that's
> like having an expressway into your garage - fed by a dirt trail. If
> they're smart they'll be using caching at the head end to reduce some of
> that. The first people to sign on will be blown away, but if they actually
> manage to sell a lot - things will slow way down.
>
> -MZ
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