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To: KY who wrote (220)	2/20/1999 4:54:00 PM
From: Uncle Frank	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 54805

>>I tell ya, I have no idea what the better technology is...DSL or Cable Kevin, that's a tough call. I think cable may be the better alternative for the single location internet user, but snaking a long cable with you would be kind of rough for a road warrior <g>. Based on my needs, I'll have to go with xdsl with it's finally available. Frank

To: KY who wrote (220)	2/20/1999 7:56:00 PM
From: JRH	Respond to of 54805

The question I have is, will the dumb old customer be able to tell the difference? If not, well, it's a question of who does a better job marketing the technology. IMO, I don't think that the dumb old customer will be able to tell the difference. According to word of mouth, someone told me that he read that the average speed of the backbone is around 91 Kb/s. With that, I think that it is safe to say that once a user gets above 128Kb/s (i.e. ISDN, which is just not cost effective, thus never gained too much speed), it should all be pretty close to the same. I think that 256K would be great, and that is what Pac Bell offers in CA for a low price. Of course, if you are hosting a nice little Apache-powered web server from your apartment, then I suppose that you would need faster upload speed, and I think that is where cable has an advantage (I think) Can these two technologies coexist? Yes, they can, and I think that they will. I think that it will be beneficial to have both technologies around because it will lead to price wars between the RBOC's and the cable companies. BWDIK... Justin

To: KY who wrote (220)	2/20/1999 7:59:00 PM
From: Mike Buckley	Respond to of 54805

Kevin, The question I have is, will the dumb old customer be able to tell the difference [between cable and DSL]? If not, well, it's a question of who does a better job marketing the technology. I disagree about the importance of that. I'm pretty sure I'm old enough to qualify as your typical customer and I'm certain that I'm dumb enough. Assume I'm using cable for my Internet access. Unless I'm really dissatisfied with the service, I'm not likely to try DSL to see if it's better unless my friends are telling me it's a hands-down winner. The moral to that assumption is that the first to market wins. Cable access is WAY ahead of DSL thanks to the RBOC's greed about keeping all the profits for their T1 lines instead of getting DSL to market. Just my thoughts. --Mike Buckley