From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Dec 21 04:28:17 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id EAA16882 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Mon, 21 Dec 1998 04:28:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from Loki.orland.u91.k12.me.us (Loki.orland.u91.k12.me.us [169.244.111.67]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id EAA16877 for ; Mon, 21 Dec 1998 04:28:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from netmonger@genesis.ispace.com) Received: from celeris (lunar.sdi.agate.net [204.117.9.88]) by Loki.orland.u91.k12.me.us (8.9.1/8.8.8-Loki) with SMTP id HAA03090; Mon, 21 Dec 1998 07:27:45 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from netmonger@genesis.ispace.com) X-Server-ID: Loki.orland.u91.k12.me.us, OCSNet - Orland Maine USA X-Coord-Name: Drew "Droobie" Baxter, OneNetwork Exchange X-Coord-Addr: Droobie@Openlink.orland.me.us X-Coord-Pager: USA: 207-471-2719, http://pagedroo.orland.me.us Message-Id: <4.1.19981221072229.009b1ad0@genesis.ispace.com> X-Sender: netmonger@genesis.ispace.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.1 Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 07:25:07 -0500 To: "Gary T. Corcoran" , Mark Ovens From: Drew Baxter Subject: Re: Cool, A White Snowy Christmas in Sunnyvale, California 8) Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <367E10FD.A1F644FA@home.com> References: <4.1.19981220152518.00ac53d0@genesis.ispace.com> <199812202020.MAA46296@rah.star-gate.com> <4.1.19981220152518.00ac53d0@genesis.ispace.com> <4.1.19981220213341.009a9160@genesis.ispace.com> <367E0725.4749B7CB@uk.radan.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 04:12 AM 12/21/98 -0500, Gary T. Corcoran wrote: >Mark Ovens wrote: > >> So, when I read US citizens complaining about $89 for a 256k/128k >> service it makes me laugh (well it makes me cry really :-) ). Don't >> complain, you guys have got it good. > >Then I better not tell you that I get cable modem service with an >approximate max of 1.4Mbps downstream (fastest I've seen in the wee >hours of the morning) for US $40/month (as a cable TV customer, $50/month >otherwise). Oops... :-) Yes, those few (about 2 or 3 hundred thousand >so far) of us with cable modems have it *really* good in the U.S. >I'm spoiled... :-) > >Gary Everything's relative though, the web content will increase in size, the CD size has already increased (courtesy of DVD). Cable modems are particularly great for software piracy, to the point that when my friend had his installed he said "You're aware you're fueling the software piracy market with these right?" The guy says "Yeah, I know :-)".. Unfortunately 60% of Cable modem bandwidth is some sort of server or illegal download material.. Macromedia will just come out with a plugin to use more bandwidth for better content, Real Networks already has technology that CAN do that. My question is... What's next? another form of DSL? --- Drew "Droobie" Baxter Network Admin/Professional Computer Nerd(TM) OneEX: The OneNetwork Exchange, Bangor Maine USA http://www.droo.orland.me.us PGP ID: 409A1F7D To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message