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Technology Stocks : LAST MILE TECHNOLOGIES - Let's Discuss Them Here
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To: JGoren who wrote (5847)11/5/1999 5:41:00 PM
From: Raymond Duray  Read Replies (1) of 12823
 
Hi JGoren,

You said: " I just don't think cable will be able to deliver the trouble-free, interruption-free service that the phone can deliver with DSL..."

It is being done today in Bend, Oregon where Bend Cable/Roadrunner has an excellent HFC plant in place that is both high reliable and untroubled by overshared headends.
In contrast, U.S. West has no residential xDSL offerings east of the Cascades in Oregon, and none planned.

"the residential consumer just won't tolerate interruptions in service."

This statement I agree with. My own experiece, outside the Bend Cable service area, has been in the last month the following: 1)software incompatibilities between Hughes DirecPC and Windows NT, recently solved by reverting to Win98 2)a dirty U.S. West T-1 between my puter and my ISP causing unpredictable outages for over a week, solved by upgrading from the copper T-1 to a new FO line. 3)Peering problems from the DS-3 out of Empire Net, through Qwest onto the Sprint system. 4)Various glitches within the ISP itself.

I'd take Cable in a New York minute. I nonconcur with your conclusion about the eventual winning technology. In fact my conclusion is that the ILECs will work very, very hard to screw up the rollout of xDSL, just as they did with ISDN.

Ciao, Ray
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