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To: Kevin Hay who wrote (1410)	8/7/1998 11:37:00 AM
From: Doug Soon	Read Replies (2) of 1998

Hi Kevin, I have ADSL running as a test/beta site for about 5 months. I'll try and answer your questions. $40 a month sounds good but you have to ask how much bandwidth you are getting. I am noticing some companies are charging up to $200+ for 2.0 Mbps service. Faster is much better. Some telcos are wholesaling to smaller ISPs to give you "choice". You need a "nic" because your PC will behave as a node on a network using TCP/IP in much the way as a PC is part of a network in most offices. Yes, there are still bottlenecks, but they are largely less dramatic than using a regular dial-up modem. For example, if a site you are accessing is unusually slow, it may take 30 seconds to download a page instead of the usual 3 seconds. With my ADSL, instead of the <1 second download of the same page, it may take 4 seconds. You can have more than 1 computer if you use a hub. Each PC then has their own IP address. A permanent IP address is better if you want to do web hosting or share your resources with friends etc. ADSL is truly a new paradigm in how you will use the net in the future. My PC is online 7x24. I am used to getting 2.8 Mbps bandwidth most of the time. New "high bandwidth" sites are being set up now that include music and streaming video. A download limit of 500 MB/month will be exceeded easily once users get on to streaming video. On the downside, as a beta/test site, I experience regular downtime incidents. This even feels like my office where the network goes down for an hour every week or so. There needs to be an aggressive build out of backbone resources though. Even with everybody using dial-up modems the 'net today is choked frequently. With any amount of users getting hooked up to ADSL the demand for bandwidth will stress an already overloaded system. ADSL is definitley going to be a great product depending on how it is marketed. I would want the highest bandwidth available but would be hesitant to pay $200/month and have limited download limits. Accessing the 'net at speeds >50x that of dial-up is very seductive and addictive. Hope this helps. DS

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