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To: trouthead who wrote (16086)10/9/1999 6:14:00 PM
From: E. Davies  Read Replies (3) of 29970
 
Others have already commented that 8mbit dsl has a limited range. Around 1- 1.5 miles I think. It would be quite possible to live in the middle of a major urban or suburban area and be still be further than that from the CO.

Then you need to include the fact that some lines have load coils which need to be located and removed and the fact that too many DSL lines operating at once can cause degradation from crosstalk (thats part of the physics that come from the lack of a waveguide).

Still- many will be able to get DSL in various forms and speeds. It is not a competition to take lightly at all.

I'd like feedback from the thread on this:

It's my opinion that the eventual "universality" of cable will be a signficant advantage in the mind of the consumer. They see their brother or their friend with cable and they want it too. More importantly they *know* if they can get it. Noone has to come out and test the lines, noone has to pull out a map and measure the distance to the CO (once they find out where it is!)

People in general like to move en masse. They expect there to be *one* method to solve a problem. Look to the success of Windows and AOL as examples. They will pick the "one" that is most widely available and let that mindset gel as the primary broadband experience. Anyone who does not have the time or energy to evaluate all the options will pick cable.

Maybe the posters on SI are not necessarily like this, but what of your average consumer? Opinions?
Eric
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