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Re: [PLUG] DSL costs and pricing issues
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BRAVO!!!!
THank you for the information on the state of comminucations pricing..
Although, I'd be interested in a lengthier piece detailing the "glossed
over" bits you mentioned..
Peace,
Vale
On Tue, 02 May 2000 12:26:53 William H. Magill wrote:
> > > > "$15/month Netaxs charge, $40/month Bell charge for 640k down, 90k
up.
> > > > $40/month Netaxs charge, $60/month Bell charge for 1.6M down, 90k
up. "
<snip>
>
> I've been somewhat simplistic (but not much), and have glossed over some of
> the "risk factors" normally included. But the pricing game is changing fast.
>
> George Gilder describes the new era -- "infinite and free" -- Virtually
> Infinite Bandwidth at virtually no cost. It's not here yet, but it will be
> in 3-5 years. Companies are having a very difficult time with the reality
> of the pent-up demands for bandwidth. The Bell Atlantic DSL rollout has
> been a glorious case study of how to underestimate demand -- you might
> think they were taking lessons from Apple. Price is much, much less an
> issue than performance, and it has been now for at least 5 years.
>
> Talk in the industry is that Bell Atlantic will in fact, up their default
> up-link speed from 90K to 1.6 within the next 3 months as they upgrade to
> the next generation of DSLAMs.
>
> The latest issue of CE-Pro, a magazine for the Custom Electronics
> installation industry, has an article about why any CE shop should buy a
> DSLAM from Cisco (the 6400) for $13K and go into the DSL business --
probably
> supports 64 or 128 ports in the base model, expands up to 14,000! Quite
> an interesting box with fascinating capabilities, reportedly at 10% of
> NORTEL's price!
> http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/pcat/6400.htm
>
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> T.T.F.N.
> William H. Magill Senior Systems Administrator
> Information Services and Computing (ISC) University of Pennsylvania
> Internet: magill@isc.upenn.edu magill@acm.org
> http://www.isc-net.upenn.edu/~magill/
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