Hamish, at 23:44 on Dec 26 1996, you wrote to Bill Grimsley ...

>> I think it's more likely that USR are hoping to corner that 
>> particular market, as they stand to make a fortune if that 
>> happens.

HM> Really? My ISP is a good friend of mine. I think he dreads 
HM> the idea; more new modems, fancier links from Telstra, etc. 
HM> It isn't going to be cheap at the ISP's end. And even worse, 
HM> once you have more modem bandwidth available, you need more 
HM> outgoing bandwidth to keep the users' pipe full. I cannot 
HM> see ISPs jumping on such a modem anyway.

I don't think that American modem manufacturers give a shit about what
Australian ISPs dread.  Australia is a rather minor market.

David
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