Re: Death knell for residential non-cable access?
(I dropped domain-policy off of the distribution - this doesn't seem to have anything to do with that topic. And it may not be a good nanog topic either, but here I go anyway.)
Type bit-rate Monthly CKb modems 33.6Kbps ~$25US $0.74US note:$25 telco + $0 ISP charges modems 33.6Kbps ~$34US $1.01US note:$25 telco + $9 ISP charges Cable 1024Kbps ~$49US $0.04US DSL 1148Kbps ~$600US $0.52US T1 1540Kbps ~$2500US $1.62US
I think Roeland is ignoring a couple of pretty important issues to many customers: 1. Many folks are almost completely price-driven. A $25 service is preferred over a $49 service, regardless of capacity issues. 2. Some folks are very much part-time connectors. They use their normal voice line to talk to their ISP. They don't consider the cost of the line as part of the cost of the Ineternet connection. So their ISP service costs them 9 or 19 dollars (or even 0, if we reach that point). Tony Rall
The DSL charge from BellSouth is ~$60US reducing the CKb to $0.052US. (That's at full rate) Ron ______________________ Ron Muir BellSouth.net ron.muir@bellsouth.net (770)522-6363 :-----Original Message----- :From: owner-nanog@merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu]On Behalf Of :trall@almaden.ibm.com :Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 1999 4:02 PM :To: rmeyer@mhsc.com :Cc: LIST NANOG :Subject: Re: Death knell for residential non-cable access? : : : : : :(I dropped domain-policy off of the distribution - this doesn't :seem to have :anything to do with that topic. And it may not be a good nanog :topic either, :but here I go anyway.) : :> Type bit-rate Monthly CKb :> modems 33.6Kbps ~$25US $0.74US note:$25 telco + $0 :ISP charges :> modems 33.6Kbps ~$34US $1.01US note:$25 telco + $9 :ISP charges :> Cable 1024Kbps ~$49US $0.04US :> DSL 1148Kbps ~$600US $0.52US :> T1 1540Kbps ~$2500US $1.62US : :I think Roeland is ignoring a couple of pretty important issues to many :customers: : :1. Many folks are almost completely price-driven. A $25 service :is preferred :over a $49 service, regardless of capacity issues. : :2. Some folks are very much part-time connectors. They use their :normal voice :line to talk to their ISP. They don't consider the cost of the :line as part of :the cost of the Ineternet connection. So their ISP service costs :them 9 or 19 :dollars (or even 0, if we reach that point). : :Tony Rall : : : :
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