Greg,
I agree completely. Five years is an internet-time eternity, and I think the assumption that dial-up with snail-paced modem access will continue to be the dominant mode of internet access is simply wrong. Two years, sure. Five years, no way. Cable, DSL, wireless will all continue to exponentially rise in market penetration. Once people get a taste of broadband (this includes me and everyone I know who has access to cable modem connections), they would never, ever go back to phone-line access. As the box makers continue to incorporate pre-installed cable modems, as USB external modems continue to proliferate, and as people realize that for the cost of a second phone line and AOL they can get the broadband experience of speed (which, 19 months since I installed it, is still a stunner) for the same price as cable access, there will be a mass exodus from phone-line access to broadband. I think GNET's focus on the future is the way to go.
Why continue to focus on the buggy whip manufacturing plant when the horseless carriage has just been invented?
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