Last year, 60% of the danish population had access to ADSL, up to 2048kbps. Today, prices are $30 a month for 256kbps, $50 for 512kbps and $100 for 2Mbps, flatrate. There are no set-up fees except a small one for the 2Mbps lines. It's the same price all over the country, no matter where and how. Prices are dropping, and deployment will probably be over 90% of the population at year end. In Europe, we pay a minute fee for analog lines (POTS) and ISDN lines, so ADSL is often much cheaper than using an analog modem, and at least 8 times faster.
ISDN has been reduced from best-selling solution to a solution for users with only very little internet usage. ADSL is also taking over ISDN solutions all over the country in a fast rate, and there is up to 3 months waiting time to get ADSL, because everybody wants it. It's cheaper than ISDN and analog lines (since we pay per minute on these but not on ADSL), and MUCH faster. To start with, many ADSL solutions were made using dial-up-networking, but today, all ADSL solutions are based on ATM and routers. ADSL users don't need to buy the equipment - it's delivered and installed by the provider without a fee.
I would very much like to know about U.S. figures, if anyone of you has access to these kind of figures.
Microsoft isn't interested in very low-cost gaming. Those who want to pay for good games buy good graphics cards for their computers and are willing to buy a cheap ADSL line.
Lars. |
