gabriel rosenkoetter on Tue, 12 Feb 2002 09:17:04 -0500


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Re: [PLUG] DSL hurry up! 

On Tue, Feb 12, 2002 at 02:08:17AM -0500, Doug Crompton wrote:
> There must not be much money in hawking DSL. These guys are certainly
> missing out on many sales!

Probably not. There needs to be a critical mass of interested,
potential users within about 36,000 feet (6.8 miles) of you to make
it worth their money to install another CO.

Even if Verizon already has an office near you, installing the
DSLAMs and various other networking hardware is NOT cheap.

And that says nothing of what it would cost DCA, Covad, or Speakeasy
to connect that CO to their nearest POP. (DCA, obviously, and
Speakeasy, thankfully, both have a POP in downtown Philly. Don't
know about Covad. Are they even still offering ISP service?)

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gabriel rosenkoetter
gr@eclipsed.net

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