Fast bandwidth was: Re: UKNM: Free ISPs Vs. Paying ISPs (Don't Mention Dixons)

[azeem azhar]

At 19:37 06/10/98 +0000, Nick Sellors wrote:

>

>On Tue, 06 Oct 1998 15:27:39 +0100, azeem azhar

>

<azeem [dot] listsbigfoot [dot] com> wrote:

>

>>As for super-fast, you'll be sorely disappointed with bonded-ISDN

>

>That depends on the ISP you're using - I easily fill my two channels

>here at home to most locations[1]


sorry. 128kbit per second is not "super-fast"; you can't get full motion

video down it; you still see fairly slow downloads (we are talking 10-14k

per second; if your hard drive worked at that rate . . .)

4 megabit/s, perhaps that is fast; 10, maybe then you are talking.


sorry this isn't a bandwidth dick swinging debate, but we do not to put it

into perspective.


128kbit/s opens up a few more applications (like jolty videoconferencing)

and makes web surfing moderately bearable, but it's no business

maker/breaker. here is what does:


1. always on, unmetered connectivity (even at low bit rates)

2. globility: globally available, always on connectivity.


(i'd take 1 and 2 at 14k4 over metered 128k in most circumstances)


a