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Re: The Best Jetstream Deal

From: Josh Bailey <josh_at_vandervecken.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 23:19:46 +0000 (GMT)
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0010302316460.29855-100000@tnt-debug.berkeley.edu>

On Tue, 31 Oct 2000, Laurence Chiu wrote:

> > How many competitors are there in the US, and how long has dsl been there?
> Longer than here for sure given xDSL was first deployed in the US.

How long DSL has been in US is just a distraction. DSL technology is not
new.

> I caught a column in a recent Time Mag where the columnist, having
> moved to San Francisco ordered DSL service. It has taken him 6 months
> to be connected(!).

Certainly. Berkeley was one of the later areas to have DSL
available. Cable made great inroads at DSL's expensive because of that.

> That's one advantage of the Nokia M10/11 I guess

Is it enough of an advantage to pay by volume? Really?

--
Josh Bailey (josh@vandervecken.com - Berkeley CA, USA)
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