pcm is usually per calander month

On Sat, Jul 31, 1999 at 09:19:39AM +1200, Harold Jarvie wrote:
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> Anyone know what is "pcm per user" meaning
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> Initial rollout phase through to March 2000 in selected major cities
> for
> flat-rate always-on service; 400 local exchanges to be upgraded, giving
> a
> reach of almost 6 million homes and businesses. BT will be selling
> wholesale to ISPs at around £ 40 up to £150 pcm per user for 512Kbps up
Sounds like a line charge and it may then be up to theISP to charge what it
wants for usage. One way of pricing it is to set a rate scale for
different speeds say and then have the content on top to quote from the
web site

BT>> Retail prices, and the content of the services, will be determined
BT>>by service providers.

which could mean the equivalent of 40 line rental fot 512kbps d/l
or it could mean that you pay the rate for different service levels
based on minimum throughput. There is a brief mention of Variable
Bit Rate vs Constant Bit Rate on one of thepages that boils down to
something similar to the Telecom Service Definition.. VBR means you might
have a line speed of 4Mbps but you do not get a guaranteed through put
anywhere near that at least not a sustained one. Still it will be
interesting to see what happens with it.

  
> to
> 2Mbps downstream and 256Kbps upstream service, with retail prices to
> be
> determined by the service providers.
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> Further information is at:
> http://www.bt.com/adsl/

--kit
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