[14760] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Microsoft offering xDSL access
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (DAVE NORDLUND)
Fri Jan 23 14:44:22 1998
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 1998 13:20:44 +0000
From: DAVE NORDLUND <nordlund@ccstaff.cc.ukans.edu>
In-reply-to: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.980122221653.26758A-100000@emancholl.pair.com>
To: nanog@merit.edu
Reply-to: d-nordlund@ukans.edu
> Date: Thu, 22 Jan 1998 22:28:52 -0500 (EST)
> From: Adam Rothschild <asr@millburn.net>
> Subject: Re: Microsoft offering xDSL access
> To: Dean Morstad <dean@spacestar.net>
> Cc: nanog@merit.edu
> > This may be very true, but I have questions about how the Internet
> > is going to handle a bunch of ordinary web surfers now demanding their web
> > pages at 30 times the speed? Is there backbone infrastructure in place to
> > provide this kind of access on a household basis? Where is Microsoft going
> > to find enough peering from NSP's to provide this access to their customers?
> > I think it would be safe to assume that they probably have
>
> This usage can be sustained easily by using proxy/cache implementations
> similar to those of the cable modem ISP's. After all, most of the
> bandwidth usage will come from http traffic most likely.
>
> Regarding the NSP, consider this:
>
> UUNet provides dialup pool connectivity for MSN. Microsoft owns a
> nice chunk of UUNet. UUNet is/will soon be implementing xDSL (IDSL and
> SDSL to be exact). UUNet is a big monster, and will only grow
> bigger ("If you can't beat 'em, buy 'em")... Microsoft will be
> introducing xDSL access.
>
> ...and draw your own conclusions. :)
Hmm. Worldcom owns UUNet/ALTERNET. Worldcom does dial up for AOL and
Compuserve. Worldcom owns LDDS/Wiltel. Worldcom is buying MCI and already
owns ANS. Microsoft will do what?
History: ANS was the first non commercial (read educational) Internet
backbone. ALTERNET was the first commercial NSP in 19987.
>
>
Dave Nordlund d-nordlund@ukans.edu
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