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To: David Nelson who wrote (1220)	1/21/1998 2:13:00 PM
From: ahhaha	Respond to of 29970

This is the first valid argument for DSL to have a viable share yet advanced on this thread. It gives credibility to large company bandwaggoning that we've recently seen. Guess I'll have to take out the AWRE file again.

To: David Nelson who wrote (1220)	1/21/1998 2:14:00 PM
From: bam	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29970

Message from David Nelson on Jan 21 1998 12:39PM EST To All; One thing that you must consider is that only about 30% of households are wired for cable. Even if cable could get all of these households, what would the other 70% of households do for high-speed internet service? Remember, 95% of all households are wired for phone service. I have to disagree this. Cable passes between 95% and 99% of homes in the United States. ~65% subscribe to cable (!). Other countries are not as dominated by cable. Also, comments about DSL pricing have failed to differentiate the DSL connection from the IP service. The cheapest combo (wire+IP) offered is apparently going to be by Ameritech @ $60/month. That price is not yet available. A friend of mine is paying $325/month for ~T1 speeds thru DSL from PacBell. The performance he sees is ~0.333 of @Home (benchmarked).