-= Pete Replied to Hamish Moffatt about: Auslinx Tasmanian Devil 3 =-

G'day Hamish

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

Thats a good point, I can't see to many ISP's increasing their
bandwidth just to keep a heap of 56k modem owners happy. You may have
a 56k connect but only dragging 1.5->2.0 k sec would make the
whole exercise seem like a waste of time, guess all those 56k modem
owners will sit up all night waiting for a time when no one else is
using the bandwidth just to see the k's come rolling in to justify
their purchase. :-) 

     Pete.
     Email:pcollis{at}northnet.com.au

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