-=> TOM WALKER wrote to WAYNE CHIRNSIDE <=-

 -> There's suppose to be a way DSL can be sped up by a factor of
 -> 10 or more if one's copper is within a mile of fiber optic.
 -> Should that occur in fact I expect standard DSL rates to drop
 -> in price.

 TW>  NOT with the price of Providing Fiber within One Mile of Every House.
 TW> Here in California Pac Bell, Now Southwest Bell, is reluctant because
 TW> of vthe Cost to put fiber within a two or three miles of every house to
 TW> get past the 18KiloFoot DSL limit. And at 18KiloFeet DSL is not
 TW> too much better then dial up by the way..

Perhaps so but I AM within a mile of optic fiber.
In fact I'm within a mile of the main phone company
with it's satellite dishes and microwave antennas.

YMMV
 
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