Date: Sat, 06 Jul 1996 22:18:58 -0700 From: "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" <michaelv@HeadCandy.com> To: Joel Yancey <python@cia-g.com> Cc: Henry Spencer <henry@zoo.toronto.edu>, "Jacob M. Parnas" <jparnas@jparnas.cybercom.net>, Richard Foulk <richard@pegasus.com>, hardware@freebsd.org, bsdi-users@bsdi.com Subject: Re: cable vs. ISDN Message-ID: <199607070518.WAA01570@MindBender.HeadCandy.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of Sat, 06 Jul 96 20:15:24 -0600. <Pine.LNX.3.91.960706201052.21047A-100000@gallup.cia-g.com>
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>plus, they CLAIM everyone
>will have 10mbps per house hold, well, considering that theres not thaty
>much bandwidth to waste for a bunch of web browsing crowd, and they say
>that there will only be 128k recieve, but 10mbps send. now thats strange.
Nobody claimed "everyone" would get 10Mb/s per household. I've heard
many different rates, depending on where you live, and what kind of
infrastructure is in place.
1) Regardless, almost every figure I have heard quoted, except for the
very lowest, are still better than modems. Many of them are better
than ISDN, and *much* better than modems. Who cares if it's 10Mb/s or
1Mb/s? It's still *way* faster than anything else I can connect with.
2) Without exception, every figure I have heard quoted has the *send*
side the same or slower than receive. None of them have the receive
side slow and send fast. What would be the point. Besides, it just
doesn't make sense.
3) 128Kb/s is still the fastest ISDN will (currently) go, and several
times faster than the fastest modem. Where's the problem? I'd take
128Kb/s in a heartbeat if I could get it at the same price as my
current modem connection.
>well, First Off,if cable modems were around, ISP's wouldnt be, because
>the Cable company has taken over the business.
[...]
>*I* myself, dont like that opinion, because the cable company doesnt
>really know what a computer system is all about, and i dont like the fact
>that then they would have a monopoly.
Who says the ISPs won't still be around? That's an awful speculative
jump of logic.
Someone still has to sell the *services*, and who says the cable
company will even be interested. Who's going to provide USENET news,
Web service, login shells? I doubt my cable company will be
interested in all that. Which means my cable company can provide a
pipe to the 'net, and let someone else sell me the rest. Sounds like
a really good market for ISPs.
Also, who says the phone companies know anything more than the cable
companies. They've had their thumbs up their asses for so long,
trying to figure out how to sell us trailing-edge digital technology
without hurting their business profits, that they may end up missing
this boat entirely.
Personally, I don't care. Whoever gets to my house first with a
digital tap I can afford, with decent performance, will get my
business. If it's the cable company, fine. Phone company? Well, I
don't have any love for them, but I'll take what they offer *if* they
manage to get here first. I'd say the odds are against them, however.
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