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Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2001 15:22:41 -0400 To: Robert Cannon <rcannon101@yahoo.com> Cc: nanog@merit.edu Message-ID: <20010705152241.B21029@semihuman.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20010705190140.6199.qmail@web14807.mail.yahoo.com> From: "Christopher A. Woodfield" <rekoil@semihuman.com> Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu Im wondering if that's why so many of the ILEC's DSL offerings are 128K upstream - do they have anything to gain by having residential DSL service not classifed by the FCC as a broadband service? -C > In January 1999, the FCC defined broadband as a > connection to an > end-user with speeds greater than 200 kbps in both > directions. > > -Vince > > > On Thu, 5 Jul 2001, Larry Diffey wrote: > > > Since it's so quiet in here, I want to stir things > up a little with an informal survey. > > > > With all of this talk about broadband (mostly in > reference to cable modems and xDSL), consumers have > been tricked into actually believing that if it's > faster than a modem then it's broadband. > > > > I have a number in my head as to what I consider > broadband. It's not an unreasonable number but it > certainly does exceed what is available to the average > consumer. > > > > Oh wise nanogers, what speeds do we need to achieve > for the average consumer before we truly have > broadband? > > > > I will try and keep track of all the numbers that > you give you an average and I'll also give you the > number I had in mind. > > > > > > Regards, > > > > Larry Diffey > > > > **Incidentally, I am at this very moment wearing a > t-shirt that says "Will work for bandwidth". > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail > http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ -- --------------------------- Christopher A. Woodfield rekoil@semihuman.com PGP Public Key: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xB887618B
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