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To: Joe NYC who wrote (32999)7/17/1999 8:09:00 AM
From: Paul Engel  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 33344
 
Joe - Re: "1/4 of the people had Internet access 4 months
ago, and now 1/2 do, that's doubling of the bandwidth, I guess"

No- that is DOUBLING the use of EXISTING BANDWIDTH - unless somebody came along to install BRAND NEW WIRES/CABLES/SATELLITE LINKS to these new users.

Otherwise known as CONGESTION.

Re: "No, it's 8X."

8x it is - thanks for the correction.

Paul