14 Nov
2005
14 Nov
'05
11:22 a.m.
In message <Pine.GSO.4.58.0511141103370.27792@clifden.donelan.com>, Sean Donela n writes:
On Mon, 14 Nov 2005, Blaine Christian wrote:
We are talking about an infrastructure that does not lend itself very well to market forces. In many places FFTH and/or DSL from a single carrier are becoming the only options. I would not count a 500ms satellite hop as an option <grin>.
The cable industry claims 97% of the households passed in the US. Why don't you consider it an option?
Do they claim to pass 97% with two-way cable? --Steven M. Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb