BG> I simply can't see x2 taking off in a big way in Oz when you
BG> consider that USRs would realistically account for perhaps
BG> less than 10% of the total installed base of ISP modems,

Yep, its got buckleys. Cant see any ISP telling its customers
that they have to buy USR modems to get the speed.

BG> and I doubt that all of those will be upgraded
BG> to (or replaced with) x2-capability anyway.

We'll see, that one is more prone to a bandwagon effect. Once
an important ISP starts doing it, much harder for the others to
just refuse to. Like Alston says, there aint much in the way of
real blood in the water competition anything like we see with ISPs.

BG> This is probably one occasion where it will be
BG> advantageous to be running Rockwell-based modems,

It will indeed.

BG> and let's face it, within a year or two, they'll both be obsolete anyway...

Sure, but at the current prices, thats
hardly the end of civilisation as we know it.

RB> Beats me why the bring out these interim protocols when
RB> they are already working (and have been since '94 on ADSL.

Cant see that ever being that important for modems. Or PayTV for that
matter either, tho its got slightly better prospects there. Shows all
the signs of being a dud that never did fly in a commercial sense.

RB> We have been begging for the tried and proven ISDN for
RB> years and it is readily available but for the price.

Yeah, there is a lot more involved than what works in a technical sense.

RB> In this commercial world, we (the public) are just lambs to
RB> the slaughter... waiting for the next opportunist to milk us dry.

Sure beats being at the whim of what a monopoly chooses to do Russ.
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