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ComputerScope on Broadband

  • 14-05-2001 4:01pm
    #1
    Kix
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,193 ✭✭✭


    ComputerScope has a few pieces on broadband in this issue. For those that don't know ComputerScope - they're almost totally concerned with business users and, being 100% funded by advertising, they're not the most independent publication.

    Nevertheless, there's some interesting stuff. The bit that peaked my interest was a quote from Jim McGovern, a telecoms engineer and former country manager of 3Com Ireland. What he's saying isn't exactly new but I think it's interesting to hear the figures he's quoting.
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    The problem that Ireland and other European countries face is that established telecoms providers have a lot of investment tied up in circuit technologies, which earn them a lot of money.

    For instance, an ADSL or IP network with a modem on each end between two buildings can offer 300 to 400kbit/s for a flat fee of £40 to £50 a month. Whereas, a leased line, which only offers 64kbit/s between two buildings, can cost between £2000 and £6000 a year. When they are getting such superb revenues from circuit technologies, why should a telecoms company cannibalise it by offering packet?
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    Another small piece worth quoting, so awful that it's almost funny, is the statement by Maria Barry, NTL's public relations manager, that CableLink's 1998 announcement of cable-internet services was:
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    ...akin to a homeowner 'brewing coffee, baking bread and putting flowers out' when potential buyers come to view the property.
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    Actually, I do know whether laugh or cry...

    [This message has been edited by Kix (edited 14-05-2001).]


Comments

  • #2
    gandalf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,458 ✭✭✭✭gandalf


    Hmmm I'll read those articles with interest when it arrives, unless some1 has already nicked it in the office again !!!!

    Gandalf.


  • #3
    smokin' an'chewin' man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 58 ✭✭smokin' an'chewin' man


    <font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by gandalf:
    Hmmm I'll read those articles with interest when it arrives...
    Gandalf.    </font>

    I would if they would send me a copy. I've phoned and asked to be on the list - I've e-mailed their subscription dept from their web page... nothing after 6 months !!. This must be a VERY exclusive publication/


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