Re: UKNM: freeserve [cheaper bandwidth please]

[Nick Sellors]

On Tue, 24 Nov 1998 10:01:22 -0000, "Robert Henderson"

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rhenderonlinemagic [dot] com

> wrote:


>>Longer term will people put up with a dribble of data coming down the

>>line at a whopping 78 bytes/sec as I was getting recently from a

>>certain ISP? I know NTL won't be offering fast access next year with

>>their analogue TV/Internet combo but I would hope and pray that C&W

>>are planning to offer cable modem access with their offering.

>

>But when NTL launch their digital service next spring, you'll be getting

>3Mbps into your set-top-box.


I do hope that there's nobody on this list that seriously thinks

you'll get 3Mb/s of *internet* connectivity into these devices,

certainly not beyond the realms of the PoP you're connected to.


If you *do* think that, you need to get your calculators out and do

some basic math.


HTH


N.


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