[17509] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Sprint's New ION products
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Doug Stanfield)
Wed Jun 3 23:44:03 1998
From: Doug Stanfield <DOUGS@oceanic.com>
To: "'Brad Daugherty'" <bsd@ameritech.net>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
Date: Wed, 3 Jun 1998 14:27:09 -1000
"100 times faster" is also the language used by the cable companies and
vendors of MCNS cable modems to describe their products. $200 price
point and retail availability are also part of that business model. The
"up to" might mean cable modems are one of a number of alternatives
being considered for the last mile. Cisco has made a significant and
apparently successful jump into the cable modem business so I suspect
that's at least part of the plan.
Doug Stanfield Oceanic Cable
Data Networking Manager 200 Akamainui St.
dougs@oceanic.com Mililani, HI 96789
>"Up to 100 times faster than conventional modems" is said in
their
>press release.
>Perhaps this $200 unit is the NT1-equivalent. If so, it's damn
cheap.
>If not, why isnt billing built into the customer-end equipment?
A $200 ADSL modem sounds about right and the billing will most
likely be in
the router/switch you are connected to, not prem-based.
