what will all you who work for private isp's be doing in a few years?
Matt Bazan
Mbazan at onelegal.com
Wed May 11 19:31:51 UTC 2005
well i doubt that ma and pa smith and their herd of pigs will keep many
isps in business. and a few years down the road technical innovations
will allow those without access to readily have broadband for todays
dial up prices. (no offense all you hog farmers - my grandparents were
hog farmers. and true - cant say they had much use for a fat pipe.)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-nanog at merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog at merit.edu] On
> Behalf Of Bob Martin
> Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2005 12:08 PM
> To: nanog at nanog.org
> Subject: Re: what will all you who work for private isp's be
> doing in a few years?
>
>
>
> It won't be long before the telco's respond by offering DSL
> at the same
> speed/price. I've heard (but don't *know*) that SBC is selling 6 down
> and 1 up in Houston and Dallas for $35.
>
> We're doing a fair business selling accelerated dial up for $15. Its
> surprising how many folks don't want broadband. You don't
> need 4mb down
> to read your email. And once you get outside of the city
> limits there's
> a good sized market that can't get any type of broadband,
> especially cable.
>
> We may decline some, but I don't think that ISP's are going
> away anytime
> soon.
>
> Bob Martin
>
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