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From: tully@cscns.com (Ed Tully) To: postman@lists.psi.com (Larry Walker) Date: Fri, 24 Dec 93 20:08:07 MST Cc: com-priv@psi.com In-Reply-To: <9312250108.AB07193@iscmed.med.ge.com>; from "Larry Walker" at Dec 24, 93 7:08 pm While I am not too happy with the BA/TCI merger types, I think they will bring $20 per month access to the net. And it may even be less. IMHO, the way they will do it is offer it to everyone, include unlimited access and get maybe 30% of their subscribers to take it. Some will be heavy users, some light, but it will balance out. Our trick, as providers, is to sell our services to them on a local basis before they go to the big guys in the networld and buy their services, or before they develop their own. That's how everyone will win in this game. If the providers let the RBOCS and Cable get ahead of them, we may as well close up shop! NOW!. So we have to start getting into bed with our lcal telcos and cable companies to offer them access. Ed Tully > > While overall I agree with your comments to the effect that if you want to > do business, you have to be prepared for the Cost of Doing Business, I > think your comment about $20/mo access is the heart of the issue. > > As far as I can tell, most $20/mo offers for Internet access are for Unix > command-line access. In most parts of the country (like where I live), if I > want true IP access then the cost is >> $20/mo. And it often requires a > phone call to another LATA or state. The realistic price for those of us > not located in CA or NY or DC seems to look more like $100-200/mo. > > The point I want to make is that I no longer consider a Unix cmd-line > interface an adaquate way to access the Net, especially in the context of > new and naive users. Are you really advocating that my local Small Business > Person should start using 'mail' or 'rn' to access the Net? I'm not willing > to put up with that myself, let alone wish it on beginners, now I've used > Eudora and NewsWatcher instead... > > So claims of $20/mo Internet access begin to feel an awful lot like bait & > switch when you look closely at what is being offered. And $100/mo+ is not > going to attract a sizable fraction even of those with the PCs already in > their homes. > > I think this is what drives the "let's set up a cheap access provider" folks... > > 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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