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On Wed, Dec 09, 1998 at 10:33:44AM -0500, Nathan Stratton wrote: > > Yeah... but you _STILL_ can't get that large a router port for that > > little money, and you never will. > > > > Bandwidth is what costs money, not copper. > > I was just saying how you could lower the cost of the ADSL loop from > around $150 to $30, with both you would need to supply the IP. The idea > would be that you would not just use the port for internet traffice. You > would provide voice services, you would provice VOD (video on demand), and > cable services (using something like I Magic TV). Oh yeah, I got that, Nathan. It's just that I get miffed when people keep going on (don't take this personal) about how cool it is that I can get my loop down from $300 to $150... when my router port is still $1800. Nice, yeah, but not what people mean when they blather about "cheap bandwidth". If it's _that_ cheap, it's running under completely different assumptions than a standard T-1; viz: cable modems. And now for something completely different. Anyone need a wireless T-1? http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=47936641 Cheers, -- jr 'got a bunch of 5251 cards, too' a -- Jay R. Ashworth [email protected] Member of the Technical Staff Buy copies of The New Hackers Dictionary. The Suncoast Freenet Give them to all your friends. Tampa Bay, Florida http://www.ccil.org/jargon/ +1 813 790 7592
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