Date: Mon, 8 Jul 1996 07:55:44 -0400 (EDT) From: bbecker@flubber.futurecomm.com To: Richard Foulk <richard@pegasus.com> Cc: "Jacob M. Parnas" <jparnas@jparnas.cybercom.net>, hardware@freebsd.org, bsdi-users@bsdi.com Subject: Re: your mail Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.93.960708074618.6706C-100000@flubber.futurecomm.com> In-Reply-To: <199607060653.UAA29144@pegasus.com>
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On Fri, 5 Jul 1996, Richard Foulk wrote: > Our cable company here in Honolulu is apparently going to use modems that > provide 6Mb in both directions. The promise is $50/month. The cable > modem connects to your ethernet. The cable company is becoming an ISP, > in a big way. Well, a video channel -- With sound -- Is 6 megabits. So they are going to dedicate two entire 6mbit video channels to individual customers, for $50/month? Naah. Maybe they are going to set two channels aside for everyone. If that means sharing with 20,000 people then 6 megabits is not as good as a v.34 modem. Of course they can add more channels and give you a guaranteed data rate. What exactly are they selling?
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