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To: Darren DeNunzio who wrote (3687)	5/12/1999 4:12:00 PM
From: MikeM54321	Respond to of 12823

"Are you saying that VDSL and ADSL charges are the same?" Darren, No. I didn't mean to imply anything. I was only saying that VDSL charges to the customer will be based on, "what the market will bear." It will have nothing whatsoever to do with, "cost." That's all I was saying. You have to give GTE a chance. Two years ago, I was the first on my node to get video and cable modem service. They had enough trucks and employees, working into the dark of night at my house, that my neighbors thought ET had landed. It was quite a scene. Took about a month (and literally ten GI boxes!) to work out the bugs. Today it is perfect. MikeM(From Florida)

To: Darren DeNunzio who wrote (3687)	5/13/1999 3:02:00 PM
From: lml	Respond to of 12823

Hi Darren: Are you saying that VDSL and ADSL charges are the same? What Mike is saying is that the price of VDSL, whenever it deployed to the masses, will be market driven rather than cost driven. With the fledging deployment of various broadband services, the market is only going to be willing to pay so much extra for so much extra bandwidth. -- that would imply increased performance with respect to the individual's particular req'ts. One hundred feet to the south, I can see the UMG cable. Damn! Gee, Darren, I recall you saying the same regarding your ILEC & your distance from its CO vs. the other guy - PacBell. The writing is on the wall, move at "one hundred feet to the south" or whatever distance you need to cross into the promised land of PacBell & DSL heaven. <ggg>