[10793] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
re: How Long to a Multimedia Internet?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Larry Walker)
Wed Mar 9 18:56:35 1994
Date: Wed, 9 Mar 94 11:36:49 CST
To: com-priv@psi.com
From: walkerl@iscmed.med.ge.com (Larry Walker)
>Date: Mon, 7 Mar 94 20:37:26 EST
>From: mstrange@fonorola.net (Micheal Strangelove)
>To: com-priv@psi.com
>Subject: How Long to a Multimedia Internet?
>
>As this list is populated by the best and the brightest internet providers,
>it is well suited to handle a question I keep getting asked every day:
>
>how long will it be until mosiac style internet interfaces are the
>most common form of internet access?
I think the answer hinges on local-loop monopoly pricing: Mosaic won't be a
standard internet interface until most people can do a PPP dial-in to their
nearest ISP at rates more like $0.01/min than the current $0.10-0.15/min
that they are currently faced with in most locales...
Larry Walker
Larry Walker
System Architect email: walkerl@med.ge.com
GE Medical Systems phone: 414.785.8262
P.O. Box 414 / NB-902 fax: 414.785.4331
Milwaukee, WI 53201 dialcomm: 8*322-8262
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