[65990] in Cypherpunks
Re: 56 kbps modems
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Lesher / hated by RBOC's in )
Fri Sep 20 10:30:47 1996
From: "David Lesher / hated by RBOC's in 5 states" <wb8foz@wauug.erols.com>
To: gnu@toad.com (John Gilmore)
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 1996 10:08:00 -0400 (EDT)
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: <199609200744.AAA07457@toad.com> from "John Gilmore" at Sep 20, 96 00:44:00 am
Reply-To: wb8foz@nrk.com
John Gilmore sez:
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> The rest of this is speculation and fantasy on my part.
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This goes along with what others have postulated.
But I have to wonder -- how long will the [re]train take?
One of the gripes about PEP was that retrains were slow....
This sounds slower.
Further, how stable will the outcome be -- will the 'slop' in the
CO's AD conversion overwhelm things?
Lastly, what will the RBOC's do to stifle its use? [I take it as a
given that they will object to anything that benefits subscribers
and does not give them an added cut.. witness ISDN pricing, for
example.]
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