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To: Jeff Fox who wrote (58300)	6/19/1998 8:26:00 AM
From: gnuman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Jeff Fox. Thanks for the great tutorial. My Bellco is my ISP, and I get unlimited access for a flat rate. I use a dedicated line for the net and I am able to stay connected in the background, so I guess if I desired I could "always be connected". (About 10% of the time I do get a busy signal when attempting to connect). They have introduced ADSL in a few areas, and I should have it here in a month or so. But I don't think it's really worth it to me as I'm OK with the service as is. The biggest performance problems seem to occur on the server side, and I'm not clear that ADSL would improve this. From the consumer standpoint, why does Intel consider Constant Connection a "killer app"? To me a killer app is one that will create a large new market and drive a large number of box upgrades. While the internet already is the largest growing segment for new boxes, the service really doesn't require upgrades for most of the installed base. And I also think to be a true killer app it needs to run on sub-0's. (When you consider sub- 0's are significantly better than the high-end PC's sold a year ago. And I think the same is true for Voice recognition, which I believe is years away from achieving that status). Your comments will be greatly appreciated. Gene

To: Jeff Fox who wrote (58300)	6/19/1998 1:38:00 PM
From: stak	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

Jeff, thanks for this excellent post-- 58301. >>>This touches on the current physical paradigm shift in telephony.<<< >>>Now - here is the shift - Telephone is now sent as digital data, well, at least after it passes through the central office. Most line connections to the central office either still use old equipment or new equipment that mimics the old model. But it's pretty clear to me that there will be a massive shift over the next ten years to replace all this with straight data line equipment. The introduction of ADSL service is the leading edge of the shift. The reason that Nortel just bought Bay Networks is just to accelerate their ability to build an all data line telephone network.<<< >>>Each of us should be constantly connected and not charged for the connection. Instead you should be charged for the data transfers you do. This makes the phone line on par with other utility services such as gas or electric. Your data line should equally provide voice, internet, and perhaps video.<<< I agree totally, it'll be a "you use the juice, you pay the man" situation. Bandwidth will be billed exactly the same way as the electric utility form of billing. My guess is by the "Geeg". The cable company gives ONE gigabyte of bandwidth per month(which they say is massive). However, it is very easy to download 200-300 megabytes in an afternoon with a cable modem. At this time, they don't charge extra for using a few extra gigabytes a month. It's only a matter of time before they go to a metered charge system. Jeff, My question is: Do you think that any company(telco. or cableco.) will go to a metered system before the year 2000? Also, who do you think will be the first to lead the way? It's a gutsy move to be the first, and maybe a public relations nightmare.