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DSL is in my CO, I am just too far out. There is technology to extend DSL
as in RADSL, albeit at a reduced speed. Europe, United Kingdom in
particuliar is apparently rolling this out in a big way. I don't
understand why it cannot be done here. It looks like it is being used on
the west coast to some extent.
The marketing oportunity that I envisioned is the huge screwup that
Comcast (and other cable) providers are either in or going to get
themsleves in and the necessity for a good alternative to show up.
Doug
On Tue, 12 Feb 2002, gabriel rosenkoetter wrote:
> 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?)
>
> --
> gabriel rosenkoetter
> gr@eclipsed.net
>
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