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To: Vladimir Zelener who wrote (7519)12/28/1996 5:00:00 AM
From: pat mudge   of 31386
 
<<<As far as I know the Lancity modems are offered right now to cable companies for $300. The quotes for ADSL I have seen are in the $1000 and above. That does not sound competitve. I also think that the recent Baby Bells demands for ISV to pay them the way long distance companies pay (abot $4.50 an hour) shows that their priority has shifted from ADSL and Internet supporters to Internet advesaries as far as ISV are concerned.>>>

Vladimir --

There are several issues here. First of all prices will change rapidly with mass deployment. Secondly, you have to factor in what speeds you actually attain as cable bandwidth is shared and then factor in the services you get from each. ADSL is two-way; cable one-way; ADSL is serviced by a telco, cable by historically unreliable cable cos; and ADSL requires the already-installed copper wires, cable needs fiber to the house.

The Baby Bells demand for ISV's to pay the same as long distance, doesn't show a shifted priority at all. It simply shows they're concerned about who's going to pay for all the upgrades needed to handle the over-worked voice system right now. Once the FCC tells the ISVs they don't have to pay, telcos will be forced to move into ADSL with lightning speed merely to compete. From what I understand, the best thing that can happen to ADSL is for the FCC to rule *against* the Baby Bells.

Regards,

Pat
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