To: Sir Auric Goldfinger who wrote (119 ) 9/11/1999 1:45:00 AM From: who cares? Read Replies (2) | Respond to
Assuming this was some legit company, and that's a whopper of an assumption after what the Truthseeker has uncovered, so what. So they have a microwave dealiemajig internet doohickie. I talked to a friend tonight that has had a point to point microwave internet hookup for about a year. His is an Aeronet contraption, cost him over $2000, for antennae and receiver. On top of that he still pays around $300/month for internet access. He gets 2MB/S when the system all works well, but guess what that's only to the ISP. Most smaller ISP's(like the ones in a town small enough not to have DSL or cable modem) have only got a single T1 for their internet connection. That's all they need to feed their 56k dialups, and still they have extra bandwidth. That T1 is only good for 1.5MB/S. He gets 2MB/s to the ISP, then from there, he splits the 1.5MB/S T1 with the ISP's dialup customers and it's other microwave customers. This is fine, he doesn't need that much bandwidth, but if he did he would just get the T1 and bypass the wireless crap. Why? Because the ISP doesn't exactly get a T1 for free, and they're in business to make money(unlike many erstwhile internet companies) so they charge a pretty penny for the microwave access. Something on the order of $300/month. Sounds steap, but try talking to the phone company about a partial T1 or frame relay.
