Date: Wed, 11 Jun 1997 06:45:04 +0100 From: Bob Bishop <rb@gid.co.uk> To: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> Cc: henrich@crh.cl.msu.edu, michaelh@cet.co.jp, wilko@yedi.iaf.nl (Wilko Bulte), freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Cable modems Message-ID: <l03020900afc3e931449d@[194.32.164.2]> In-Reply-To: <199706102301.QAA03841@phaeton.artisoft.com> References: <199706101847.UAA00782@yedi.iaf.nl> from "Wilko Bulte" at Jun 10, 97 08:47:49 pm
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At 0:01 +0100 11/6/97, Terry Lambert wrote: >[...] >I suspect Europe and Australia to have universal high speed >access *long* before the US, simple because you guys don't >have a badly managed antiquated infrastructure that they are >still trying to amortize over the remaining portion of their >20 year accounting cycle. You wouldn't want to sit here in the UK watching BT softpedal on commitment to ISDN then. They've had the technology for years, but it still doesn't cost in for small sites by quite a long way. I have a serious suspicion that they've been hanging on for xDSL, because they have local copper most everywhere and the cable cos don't. >Bah Humbug! Exactly. I wonder if that translates into Strine. :-) -- Bob Bishop (0118) 977 4017 international code +44 118 rb@gid.co.uk fax (0118) 989 4254 between 0800 and 1800 UK
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