From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Mar 17 20:53:44 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id UAA28505 for hackers-outgoing; Sun, 17 Mar 1996 20:53:44 -0800 (PST) Received: from rogerswave.ca (mail.rogerswave.ca [198.231.117.195]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id UAA28500 for ; Sun, 17 Mar 1996 20:53:41 -0800 (PST) Received: from wong.rogerswave.ca (wong.rogerswave.ca [204.92.17.32]) by rogerswave.ca (8.7.2/8.7.2) with SMTP id XAA18130; Sun, 17 Mar 1996 23:53:14 -0500 (EST) Date: Sun, 17 Mar 1996 23:45:08 -0500 (EST) From: Wong To: Terry Lambert cc: michael butler , terry@lambert.org, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Win32 (was:Re: Go SCSI! Big improvement...) In-Reply-To: <199603171905.MAA19746@phaeton.artisoft.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sun, 17 Mar 1996, Terry Lambert wrote: > > Cable modems are almost 700 times faster than 14.4 modems and > nearly 80 times faster than ISDN connections. Cable modems do Only problem is you are sharing this with thousand other ppl. > not require an extra phone line, and they eliminate the time and > potential trouble involved in dialing a service. Cable-based > Internet services offer an even richer multimedia experience than > CD-ROM technology, including real-time delivery and updating > of content. And cable offers a direct connection to the online > world--when you turn on the computer, you are on the network. > > [ ... ] > > > Deployment of the @Home service will begin in 1996 in select I am using it right now. it is $39 Cdn/month. got alot of problem but this could be the ISP is too green > national markets, starting with Sunnyvale, Calif. The monthly > charge for @Home is expected to be $30-$50 for unlimited use of > basic services. > Ken