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To: Jeff Fox who wrote (58300)6/19/1998 8:26:00 AM
From: gnuman  Read Replies (1) of 186894
 
Jeff Fox. Thanks for the great tutorial. My Bellco is my ISP, and I get unlimited access for a flat rate. I use a dedicated line for the net and I am able to stay connected in the background, so I guess if I desired I could "always be connected".
(About 10% of the time I do get a busy signal when attempting to connect). They have introduced ADSL in a few areas, and I should have it here in a month or so. But I don't think it's really worth it to me as I'm OK with the service as is. The biggest performance problems seem to occur on the server side, and I'm not clear that ADSL would improve this.
From the consumer standpoint, why does Intel consider Constant Connection a "killer app"?
To me a killer app is one that will create a large new market and drive a large number of box upgrades. While the internet already is the largest growing segment for new boxes, the service really doesn't require upgrades for most of the installed base. And I also think to be a true killer app it needs to run on sub-0's. (When you consider sub- 0's are significantly better than the high-end PC's sold a year ago. And I think the same is true for Voice recognition, which I believe is years away from achieving that status).
Your comments will be greatly appreciated.
Gene
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