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RE: next question - cable access vs. DSL

To: <sch8489@garnet.acns.fsu.edu>
Subject: RE: next question - cable access vs. DSL
From: <ken.landaiche@nokia.com>
Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 14:12:40 -0700
I wasn't clear enough. T1 (1.544 Mbps) Was $1500/month six years ago when DSL 
was first coming out. DSL can run at speeds from 128 Kbps to 8 Mbps depending 
on your distance from the central office and how much you want to pay. 

So think of the poor phone companies in 1996: T1=$1500/month. Roll out DSL at 
$60/month? I don't think so. New Strategy! Kill off the CLECs before they can 
distribute broadband to the masses and kill the T1 market. Even so, the 
pressure of DSL has brought T1 prices down to the low/mid hundreds.

Ken

-----Original Message-----
From: ext Scott Hall [mailto:sch8489@garnet.acns.fsu.edu]

On Fri, 24 May 2002 ken.landaiche@nokia.com wrote:

> T1s at $1500/mo. DSL has forced that price down to the mid hundreds
> though.

get out!  I thought the major outlay for t1 service was actually laying a
cable to your location from wherever?  so it's $1500 just for service?
and dsl is a competitor?  is it *that* fast compared to a t1?

and while we're on the subject...what's "t1" mean, anyway?  and "t3"?  and
what speeds do those designations represent, if any?

scott

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ext Randall Young [mailto:ryoung@NAVCOMTECH.COM]
> > all in all, I'm temped to ask what laying a t1 would cost.
> 
> If twice the price of DSL scares you, don't even ask about a T1 !  Even if
> the pair is already run, the price will be many times that of DSL.  Why ?
> Because they can ...

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