Re: [ZDNet] Broadband disappoints customers.

Joachim Feise (jfeise@ICS.uci.edu)
Tue, 08 Dec 1998 12:36:15 -0800


I Find Karma wrote:
>
> While I was sleeping, a small war between cable modems and xDSL
> continued to gain steam -- especially in light of high speed phone
> Internet access deregulation talks between the government and the Baby
> Bells.
>
> I know some people who swear by @Home, and others who swear *at*
> @Home. I don't think the future of cable modems is by any means
> secured; on the other hand, this will be interesting to watch play out.

xDSL has to come down in price, or @home has to screw up badly.
Right now, charges of $149-$359/month for ADSL (see
http://www.concentric.net/products_services/dedicated_access/dsl_access/index.html)
are way too high. Of course, the Bells fear for their T1 business.

-JoeF