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> Date: Thu, 22 Jan 1998 22:28:52 -0500 (EST) > From: Adam Rothschild <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Microsoft offering xDSL access > To: Dean Morstad <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] > > This may be very true, but I have questions about how the Internet > > is going to handle a bunch of ordinary web surfers now demanding their web > > pages at 30 times the speed? Is there backbone infrastructure in place to > > provide this kind of access on a household basis? Where is Microsoft going > > to find enough peering from NSP's to provide this access to their customers? > > I think it would be safe to assume that they probably have > > This usage can be sustained easily by using proxy/cache implementations > similar to those of the cable modem ISP's. After all, most of the > bandwidth usage will come from http traffic most likely. > > Regarding the NSP, consider this: > > UUNet provides dialup pool connectivity for MSN. Microsoft owns a > nice chunk of UUNet. UUNet is/will soon be implementing xDSL (IDSL and > SDSL to be exact). UUNet is a big monster, and will only grow > bigger ("If you can't beat 'em, buy 'em")... Microsoft will be > introducing xDSL access. > > ...and draw your own conclusions. :) Hmm. Worldcom owns UUNet/ALTERNET. Worldcom does dial up for AOL and Compuserve. Worldcom owns LDDS/Wiltel. Worldcom is buying MCI and already owns ANS. Microsoft will do what? History: ANS was the first non commercial (read educational) Internet backbone. ALTERNET was the first commercial NSP in 19987. > > Dave Nordlund [email protected] University of Kansas 913/864-0450 Computing Services FAX 913/864-0485 Lawrence, KS 66045 KANREN
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