Re: FN-FORUM Altavista Free ISP/ADSL

date posted 7th March 2000 13:21

> most significantly, you get _permanent_ connection

Wonder how this will impact the leased line market?


Tommy Martin wrote:

> >Phil Ward:
> >It appears that they will be limiting the users to 500,000, I wonder what
> >the bandwidth will be like.
> >
> >What about ADSL is this the same thing? If not what's the difference?
>
> Hi all,
>
> Toll-free calls to a modem aren't the same thing as DSL. I know this
> because we were lucky/determined enough to get on the the initial BT
> ADSL trial.
>
> For the technically minded, DSL uses standard phone lines for high
> bandwidth by sending data traffic at higher frequencies than the
> conventional exchanges use. A switch at the local exchange filters
> off those high frequencies and routes them on to the nearest DSL
> server. BT install a local router and DSL modem at your site and
> leave you with an ethernet cable to plug into whatever you care to
> plug it in to. For the speedfreaks out there, you'll tend to see data
> rates equivalent to 10x a single ISDN line (and that's just the
> starting point).
>
> For the none technical, it means you get a heap of extra bandwidth,
> without needing any new cables connected to your house, and probably
> most significantly, you get _permanent_ connection; no calls charges,
> no metering, no waiting for dial ups and no (almost no) dropped
> connections. If your machines are booted, you're online. I can
> honestly say it's changed the way I use and think about the net.
> After six months of being connected the line between local drives and
> remote volumes has become seriously blurred.
>
> The main roll out starts this June. Check http://www.bt.com/adsl/ for details.
>
> Tommy 'no honestly, I don't work for BT' Martin
>
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