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To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (4843)	7/27/1999 10:54:00 PM
From: Teddy	Respond to of 12823

RE: Jump.net? Know what platform they using? I'd like to know if they are using DSLAMs or dsl concentrators at the CO. While it would pretty hard for me to prove it, i'm pretty sure that Jump.net is reselling circuts "created" by Northpoint using a Lucent (formerly Ascend) MAX TNT concentrator to by pass the CO switch. Then again, since i don't have a clue, maybe that doesn't make any sense at all. Please remember that, historically, "class participation" can turn a strong "B" into an "A."<G>

To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (4843)	7/28/1999 2:44:00 PM
From: Frank A. Coluccio	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 12823

The September Cook Report on Internet has been released. cookreport.com The cover story has to do with DSL, and features Jim Southworth, Concentric's CTO. The following is merely the last paragraph of the abstract, which I found notable enough to post below. Enjoy, Frank Coluccio ---------begin snip: Southworth points out that bandwidth intensive DSL will increase ISP's upstream communications costs and is likely to lead to important changes in the business model of the industry. He believes that the costs of broadband infrastructure will be so high that ISPs with a subscriber base of less than 100,000 will find it very difficult to acquire and pay for. However he adds that we are not going to suddenly see 4,000 small ISPs die off. DSL will create a synergistic opportunity that will enable the smaller ISPs to become resellers of the larger ISPs bandwitdh into the communities they serve. It is important that this can happen because smaller ISPs have the infrastructure, customers and trust necessary to provide good customer service to their communities in a way that large ISPs cannot accomplish. Opportunities for small ISPs to partner with larger ones in all manner of content and service distribution should increase. The interview concludes with a discussion between Southworth and a COOK Report subscriber of the security issues involved in having an "always on" network connection. ---------------end snip