On Wed, 2006-22-03 at 18:14 -0500, sean wrote: > On Wed, 22 Mar 2006 12:45:51 -0600 > Mike McCarty <Mike.McCarty@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > They don't sell you a link of a given bandwidth and then tell you > > how you can use it. They license you to use *their* equipment, and > > then tell you how you can use *their* equipment. And you *agree* > > to the terms when you sign up to use *their* equipment. > > You're right of course, but they won't get *my* money unless they can > provide the service i want, which includes a sizeable chunk of download > and upload bandwidth. Luckily, many DSL providers are more than > happy to undercut and out service the cable companies today. > > It's easy to be jealous of the Japanese though who are so far ahead of > us, having much greater penetration of fiber to the home with 100Mbit > download _and_ upload speeds for little more than we pay for a rate > limited cable connection here. > Yes but they don't have the luxury of living in a land that has vast distances with little or no people, like we do in North America. It is far more feasible to roll out new technology when you have a high density of possible customers in a small geographic region. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
