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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: It's way too quiet
Im wondering if that's why so many of the ILEC's DSL offerings are 128K upstream - do they have anything to gain by having residential DSL service not classifed by the FCC as a broadband service? -C > In January 1999, the FCC defined broadband as a > connection to an > end-user with speeds greater than 200 kbps in both > directions. > > -Vince > > > On Thu, 5 Jul 2001, Larry Diffey wrote: > > > Since it's so quiet in here, I want to stir things > up a little with an informal survey. > > > > With all of this talk about broadband (mostly in > reference to cable modems and xDSL), consumers have > been tricked into actually believing that if it's > faster than a modem then it's broadband. > > > > I have a number in my head as to what I consider > broadband. It's not an unreasonable number but it > certainly does exceed what is available to the average > consumer. > > > > Oh wise nanogers, what speeds do we need to achieve > for the average consumer before we truly have > broadband? > > > > I will try and keep track of all the numbers that > you give you an average and I'll also give you the > number I had in mind. > > > > > > Regards, > > > > Larry Diffey > > > > **Incidentally, I am at this very moment wearing a > t-shirt that says "Will work for bandwidth". > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail > http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ -- --------------------------- Christopher A. Woodfield [email protected] PGP Public Key: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xB887618B
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