[126329] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Dial Concentrators - TNT / APX8000 R.I.P.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mark Foster)
Tue May 11 18:15:23 2010
In-Reply-To: <C80F0048.12AEB%lists@mtin.net>
Date: Wed, 12 May 2010 10:15:08 +1200 (NZST)
From: "Mark Foster" <blakjak@blakjak.net>
To: "Justin Wilson" <lists@mtin.net>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Wed, May 12, 2010 4:38 am, Justin Wilson wrote:
> There are those ppl who just want to do e-mail, are comfortable with
> dial-up, donšt want to pay for than $5-10 for internet, and canšt get
> anything else.
Indeed. The arguments for alternatives based on the fact theyre cheap,
don't counter the fact that it's not available _everywhere_.
Thus the wider concern I flagged; if the only source for equipment and
spares is the grey market, aren't the vendors missing the boat on
something which shouldn't even have a major overhead to maintain?
What about developing nations where Internet isn't yet as commonplace as
it is in the 'west' ?
