wheelert$93
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ExMod 2002
join:2000-06-01
Lynden, ON
| Re: Cable winning the speed race
It's highly possible that the cable companies are more in tune with what's going on in the broadband world, and are quicker to fix possible problems before they get out of hand. I know our cable company here is far easier to deal with than the telco. Telco's take note..... If cable ever gets into the phone business, you're sunk! Of course, that could be the reason, too. Cable companies don't bite off more than they can chew......
"Rome did not create a great empire by having meetings. They did it by killing all those who opposed them." |
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jeffbrantley
join:2000-03-24
Ballwin, MO
|  I believe their are two advantages cable had over DSL.
1. The existing network of cable is generally of higher quality than the copper pairs which can be really really old. Though that is one thing that makes DSL innovators far superior to Cable, using technology that has been around for a lot longer to provide comparable service.
2. The cable modem drive started an internet lifetime before DSL. Once DSL settles down to standards (not lame ones like G.Lite, real standards) and you can go into Best Buy and see an Alcatel 1000 sitting next to the USRobotics Cable Modem, I believe DSL will have achieved a much more respectable standing. However, I also believe the technologists thinking up these broadband solutions need to have a pretty rapid plan for new technology to out-do the soon to be standards.
Things like VDSL and giving each cable user a channel of their own should only be the tip of the iceberg. Until browsing the web works as fast as we can click the broadband offerings must diversify and multiply. |
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willardk
Mod 2000-03
join:1999-12-02
Jackson Heights, NY | G.lite is here to stay
Its filterless, self installable and Covad and the Baby Bell's are in the middle to switching to it....almost done in many areas. Sooooo 1.5 max download for newer DSL is gonna be the furture....
aren't the telcos smart.
Will |
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Hayward
K A R - 1 2 0 C
Premium
join:2000-07-13
Key West, FL
| reply to wheelert$93
Re: Cable winning the speed race
Not trying to be a nay sayer, but I will be curious to see if the edge holds 24/7 once there is a significant number of cable modem subscribers. This of couse a system to system, not necessarily network issue.
-Hayward
»haywardm.com (Hayward's Key West) |
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jeffbrantley
join:2000-03-24
Ballwin, MO
| reply to willardk
Re: G.lite is here to stay
Like I said, to remain competitive, DSL companies must not limit themselves by considering something like G.lite ok as long as they can reach a few more people at less cost.
Phone companies will start placing fiber farther into the loop thus reducing the copper loop lengths for all. When the average user has a copper loop of less than 2000 feet, G.lite won't make any sense. Anything that puts that narrowminded a limit, no matter what the convenience, will not "be here to stay". |
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willardk
Mod 2000-03
join:1999-12-02
Jackson Heights, NY
| I guess only time will tell. But here's is another point to this argument. Supporters of DSL have always claimed the the Baby Bells having the resources that have could repsond to market better. Change equipment on a need basis. I disagree they are more like dinosours moving very slowly and once moving in a certain direction very apt to saty in that direction. I think G.lite is the defacto standard because of this....
The choice of comunnication is based on the equipment at the CO...and in case the only thing available is G.lite. |
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