[126440] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Dial Concentrators - TNT / APX8000 R.I.P.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (joel jaeggli)
Sat May 15 01:56:08 2010
Date: Fri, 14 May 2010 22:55:50 -0700
From: joel jaeggli <joelja@bogus.com>
To: Alastair Johnson <aj@sneep.net>
In-Reply-To: <4BEE2B52.8020007@sneep.net>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On 2010-05-14 22:04, Alastair Johnson wrote:
> Mark Foster wrote:
>> What about developing nations where Internet isn't yet as commonplace as
>> it is in the 'west' ?
>
> They skip dialup.
>
dial modems are the end game for a 140 year old technology (300-3400hz
pots lines).
There is literally no reason if you don't already have that
infrastructure that you would expend capital to replicate that sort of
physical plant.
