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  From: Mark Williams <hirm@chariot.net.au>
  To  : Glen Turner <glen.turner@aarnet.edu.au>
  Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 16:33:03 +1030

Re: AOL? or best ISP

> Mark Newton wrote:
> >
> > So why does the marketplace have the impression that "the point of ADSL"
> > is to provide a technology which will permit you to download CD images
in
> > the blink of an eye for free?
>
> I don't think that consumers really want ADSL.  What they do
> want is a cheap, broadband, routed, always-on Internet.
> That is, a "real" Internet service.

Besides the cheap bit, isnt that what ADSL is??
Yes, its fast, always connected, convinent, avaliable to almost everyone...
What else could I possibly want out of an internet connection??

I guess ADSL is almost a "quick fix" for Australia and its low-end broadband
but what else do we really need (besides more ADSL competition and cheaper
prices) ??

> They have been told by some ISPs and some Ministers of the Crown
> that ADSL is such a real Internet service.  You can't blame
> consumers for believing what they read.
>
> IMHO ADSL is an interim technology until Australian society bites
> the bullet of constructing an optical local loop.  Note that
> the costs of this are not large by state or local government
> standards, perhaps less than has been spent on AFL and soccer
> sporting stadia in the last few years.

But really... what are the advantages of doing this over ADSL??
It would cost a lot to install, a lot to run, a lot for the home user...
Yes, it would be faster, but why would a home user want any more speed than
what ADSL can offer at lower prices??

MWP

> Glen

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