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From: snoopy@sopwith (Snoopy)
Newsgroups: comp.org.usenix
Subject: Re: USENIX Board Studies UUCP
Keywords: ISDN POTS cost-effective
Message-ID: <1989Dec17.231538.2688@sopwith>
Date: 17 Dec 89 23:15:38 GMT
References: <287@usenix.UUCP> <1624@crdos1.crd.ge.COM> <49017@looking.on.ca> <12401@ulysses.homer.nj.att.com> <1989Nov19.032449.7940@world.std.com> <1989Dec3.233335.7380@sopwith> <1989Dec5.005413.7500@world.std.com>
Reply-To: snoopy@sopwith.UUCP (Snoopy)
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In article <1989Dec5.005413.7500@world.std.com> bzs@world.std.com (Barry Shein) writes:
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|From: snoopy@sopwith (Snoopy)
|>bzs@world.std.com (Barry Shein) writes:
|>
|>| With ISDN coming and cheaper leased line alternatives I suspect most
|>| people would be better off moving towards WAN protocols that can later
|>| support them on higher-grade connections.
|>
|>"Most people" are not going to have ISDN or leased lines.  "Most people"
|>are going to have POTS.  Any new system must run well on POTS lines.
|
|(I assume by "most people" we both mean "most people who are likely to
|use this service at all.)

Well, not necessarily.  What if I want to take a laptop along when I
go visit mom in Lotech, USA?

|I also think leased lines are more within reach than most people
|realize. Installation, last I checked, is a little expensive (like
|$300) but a local 9600b leased line can be in the $100/mo range.
|That's quite affordable by private individuals with even modest means

I'm currently getting 11000bps using a Telebit on my voice line which
I need anyway.  Why should I pay $300 inst + $100/month for lower
performance?  I have much better things to spend that money on.


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