RE: fibre for the masses

2002-12-11 Thread J . v . Baardwijk
-Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: Ronn!Blankenship [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Verzonden: dinsdag 10 december 2002 20:50 Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Onderwerp: Re: fibre for the masses Yea, well they probably give you a shitty connection. Heck, you can get that even if they *don't* run

Re: fibre for the masses

2002-12-10 Thread Julia Thompson
Doug wrote: Erik Reuter wrote: Wasn't planning on it, I work in components, not cables. By the way, that article is more than 2 years old. I remember reading about fibers in sewers years ago. I didn't hear about it again -- I don't know if they followed through with the idea. Yea,

Re: fibre for the masses

2002-12-10 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 09:31 AM 12/10/02 -0600, Julia Thompson wrote: Doug wrote: Erik Reuter wrote: Wasn't planning on it, I work in components, not cables. By the way, that article is more than 2 years old. I remember reading about fibers in sewers years ago. I didn't hear about it again -- I don't know

Re: fibre for the masses

2002-12-09 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: Russell Chapman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 09, 2002 6:24 PM Subject: Re: fibre for the masses The Fool wrote: http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/review/crh738.htm

Re: fibre for the masses

2002-12-09 Thread Erik Reuter
On Tue, Dec 10, 2002 at 10:24:05AM +1000, Russell Chapman wrote: Doesn't the USA have a glut of fibre at the moment? I thought that was a major contributor to the downfall of all those telco/ISP startups in the last 2 years. Or is the glut all in trunk lines between cities. I gather this is

Re: fibre for the masses

2002-12-09 Thread The Fool
From: Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wasn't planning on it, I work in components, not cables. By the way, that article is more than 2 years old. I remember reading about fibers more linx: http://science.slashdot.org/science/02/12/08/2214224.shtml?tid=126