Could'nt of put it better myself.
again...
those who own the cables....own the world...
it's a simple as that...if you own the infrastructure, then you can charge
what you want...that's what BT have been doing all too often.. :-).
check dis.
http://www.sunday-times.co.uk/news/pages/sti/2000/09/24/stidordor01001.html
BT...tututut
-----Original Message-----
From: David Sullivan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: 10 October 2000 13:32
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [cc] ADSL Update
Not commercial suicide but keeping control of inevitable technological
progress.
All the other companies offering ADSL at present have to do it through the
BT infrastructure. If this was not the case, then there would be hundreds
of other suppliers out there who would be stomping all over BT.
The reality is that the service could have been provided months and months
ago in the UK. During this time the revenues have continued pouring in for
ISDN.
The ISDN service guarantees 64Kbs downstream but you also pay for connection
charges. ADSL is 24/7 access and is a flat fee independent of usage.
Additionaly, if you are not within 5km of an exchange then you will not
recieve ADSL. This means that there will still be thousands of BT customers
out there who will remain with ISDN.
As for sharing the line, the share number is 20 not 50 (so i have been
informed), for the business service and this will also be affected by the
number of pipes BT put into a given area. This is an extremely valid point
though as this could have a major impact if everybody on ADSL in your area
decides to go online at the sametime and all download large files.
Another point with regard to line sharing; the available bandwidth as
already stated is 512 down and 256 up. These figures are a fraction of the
potential available bandwidth. The more expensive options give upto 2Mbs
down and 512kbs up. What this means is that when there are large numbers of
users on the system, the overall bandwidth available could be greater than
originally expected and i don't mind sharing 2Mbs with 20 other users. The
cost for the business service at 512 or 2Mbs is the same and this is
reflected in there only being one service available for BT business users,
with BT hoping that the greater bandwidth will be the norm following ongoing
trials.
There have been reports that there is potentially up to 8Mbs downstream
available. So while the technology improves!!! to enable us all to deal
with this sort of speed, ADSL will get milked for as long as possible at
2Mbs.
How does this work in the States?
Do you have line sharing and does the whole service grind to a halt when
there is a lot of usage?
DaveS
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