Pratap,
AM>> While the war b/w 56K and X2 continues, Rockwell introduced
AM>> a modem capable of achiving 1 GIG PER SECOND over ordinary
AM>> phone lines! It will cost $350 and it's suppose to be
AM>> comming in the second quarter of 1998. -+-
PD>       Hello Adam,
PD>               I went to the Rockwell web site and didnt see
PD>               anything about a 1 gig/per second modem..
PD>               I DID see a 1 mega bit persecond modem..
PD>               Down stream..and 128k upstream with  Phone
PD>               company installed special equiptment..
PD>               An addaption of the ADSL technology..
PD>               with out the spliter...
PD>               I dont think the phone companys OR
PD>               the ISPs will install them without
PD>               putting a pretty hefty price on the
PD>               users ***US***
I know that GTE has been working with MicroSoft out in Redmond, WA
on a new technology, that would allow twice the rate of transfer of
56kb modems, over conventional phone lines.  They're probably using
Rockwell based modems then, since they were supposed to use K56Flex,
when they went to 56kb.
I'll stick with my "cable modem". :)
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Bob,
PD>> AND... they said it would cost about what we are currently
PD>> paying for X2-K56 modems..
DB>> Hmmm... considering by the mid-1998, I should be hooked up to
DB>> ADSL with 6mbps/640kbps, I find an announcement about
DB>> 1Mbps/128kbps to be cold pancakes and no honey.  It'll cost
DB>> around $60 per month plus needing a NIC card.
BJ> That's what the phone company will charge.  The ISP charge for that
BJ> kind of bandwidth will be staggering.  :-(
Personally, I'm using a cable modem, hooked to a 10mbps EtherNet card.
Costs about $60.00 p/mth total.  This isn't too bad, when you consider
that most folks who are on line a lot have a separate phone line.
Let's say this line on average is $15.00 - $20.00 p/mth.  Then add the
typical $20.00 p/mth InterNet account fee.  The $60.00 I pay includes
the InterNet account.  It's not that big of a difference, to have the
performance.  As an example, I sucked down IE 4.0 (24.5 Meg) in less
than 3 minutes.  I'll pay the extra $20.00 - $25.00. :)
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