[Fwd: Re: RCN vs Mediaone cable modem experiences?]

[Jerry Callen]

"John Chambers,,,781-647-1813" wrote:
> 
> Jerry Callen contributed:
>         Finally, in this day and age, I wholeheartly agree that The Phone Company
>         has the attitude that goes with copper. I prefer the attitude that goes
>         with fiber optics and other 20th century technologies.
> 
> Huh?  What makes you think that's final.  Lots of room for flamage ...

:-)

> 
> Myself, I think I'd cast a pox on both their houses...

The  bright spot here is that there *are* alternatives now. It's
going to be very interesting to watch what happens over the next, say, 5
years. There are at least 3 contending solutions for "the last mile"
(phone company pairs, cable, and wireless), undoubtedly others, and
there's certainly plently of demand for the bandwidth. The *real*
winner is us consumers. Whodathunk 5 years ago that we'd be grousing
about paying $70/month for a few hundred Kb/sec Internet link?

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