[80754] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: what will all you who work for private isp's be doing in a few years?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Matt Bazan)
Wed May 11 15:36:07 2005
Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 12:31:51 -0700
From: "Matt Bazan" <Mbazan@onelegal.com>
To: <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
well i doubt that ma and pa smith and their herd of pigs will keep many
isps in business. and a few years down the road technical innovations
will allow those without access to readily have broadband for todays
dial up prices. (no offense all you hog farmers - my grandparents were
hog farmers. and true - cant say they had much use for a fat pipe.)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-nanog@merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu] On=20
> Behalf Of Bob Martin
> Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2005 12:08 PM
> To: nanog@nanog.org
> Subject: Re: what will all you who work for private isp's be=20
> doing in a few years?
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> It won't be long before the telco's respond by offering DSL=20
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> speed/price. I've heard (but don't *know*) that SBC is selling 6 down=20
> and 1 up in Houston and Dallas for $35.
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> We're doing a fair business selling accelerated dial up for $15. Its=20
> surprising how many folks don't want broadband. You don't=20
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> to read your email. And once you get outside of the city=20
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> a good sized market that can't get any type of broadband,=20
> especially cable.
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> We may decline some, but I don't think that ISP's are going=20
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> Bob Martin
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