[12744] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Ethernet to Home...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (George Herbert)
Fri May 27 20:09:12 1994
To: com-priv@psi.com
Cc: gwh@crl.com
Date: Fri, 27 May 1994 00:01:04 -0700
From: George Herbert <gwh@crl.com>
Just to bounce a concept off you, imagine that tomorrow I was to
announce a service provider selling 10BT ethernet connections from
your house to the internet (not shared lines, either, private) for
$100 install and $35/month. What percentage of the population would
buy the service? What if you add a $100 package with a cheap PC ethernet
card and IP software bundled and applications like Mosaic and FTP ...
-george william herbert
gwh@crl.com Speaking only for myself
