Could it be? ADSL has more bang for the buck!
Of course we knew that in 1996, I guess it just takes a while for it to sink in. :^)
800,000,000 POTS lines, so much copper, so much free Bandwidth.
Some can lay new HFC if they want, I think I'll go back to Thailand and work on the Railroad. Laying Thai's all day is not such a bad job! ;^))
JW@KSC
(snip)
Ameritech Corp.'s proposed merger with SBC Communications
Inc. isn't the only surprise to come out of Hoffman Estates, Ill.,
in recent weeks. Ameritech's April announcement that it will
offer digital subscriber line (DSL) services in Royal Oak, Mich.,
is the latest twist in its sometimes confusing two-year-old foray
into cable. The twist? Ameritech New Media Inc. (ANM,
Chicago), the Bell company's cable subsidiary, already has a
broadband network in Royal Oak that can deliver high-speed
data services via cable modems.
ANM insists that it will use its state-of-the-art broadband
network solely to deliver video programming. For now, ANM is
leaving the Internet market to its parent company, which now
says its goal is to offer DSL service to 70 percent of its wireline
customers by the end of 2000. "At this point, we're not planning
to deploy cable modems," says ANM president Deb Lenart.
(snip)
Some skeptical market watchers say Ameritech may have
decided to go the DSL route because its cable penetration rate
to date makes a cable modem initiative unfeasible.
(Snip)
"Is it an HFC [hybrid fiber/coax]strategy, or is it a twisted-pair strategy? If you look at the investment Ameritech is making and its comments regarding DSL, you have to wonder if Ameritech really believes in HFC."
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