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Date:      Mon, 21 Dec 1998 07:25:07 -0500
From:      Drew Baxter <netmonger@genesis.ispace.com>
To:        "Gary T. Corcoran" <garycor@home.com>, Mark Ovens <marko@uk.radan.com>
Cc:        chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Cool, A White Snowy Christmas in Sunnyvale, California 8)
Message-ID:  <4.1.19981221072229.009b1ad0@genesis.ispace.com>
In-Reply-To: <367E10FD.A1F644FA@home.com>
References:  <4.1.19981220152518.00ac53d0@genesis.ispace.com> <Your <4.1.19981220151248.00ac5c60@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>

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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

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