[Fwd: Re: WebTV]

[curr at mnsinc.com]

Earl, 

Do you have web page locations handy that describe ADSL technology?

Cliff Urr
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Date: 1/15/97
Time: 12:25:18 PM



--- On Tue, 14 Jan 1997 14:55:55 -0800  Earl Young <eayoung at bna.com> 
wrote:

>     It is not immediately clear that phone wires are too slow.  I am 
>     participating in a test of ADSL service for Bell Atlantic, and it 
runs 
>     at 1.02 MEGS (it will go up to 6) over regular phone lines - at 
the 
>     same time the line is used for voice communications.  Unlike the 
much 
>     slower ISDN, it does not hit the central office switch with a lot 
of 
>     resource requirements.  Bell Atlantic is ahead of most of the 
Bells in 
>     this technology, but Pac Bell is starting with it as well.
>     
>     There are several ADSL web pages that describe the technology.  
>     Consider that - if the remote server is fast enough - I download 
at 
>     home at up to 134 K per second, and you'll realize that phone 
circuits 
>     can be pushed considerably faster than the 3 K from a typical 
modem or 
>     the 12 K typical of an ISDN circuit.  ADSL is considerably cheaper 

>     than ISDN - the "buzz" is that Bell Atlantic (if they offer it) 
will 
>     charge under $600 per year.  The ISP involved in our test (CAIS 
and 
>     Bell Atlantic each offer the service in the northern Virginia 
area) 
>     charges about $27 per month.  A second phone line - which ADSL 
does 
>     not need - costs about $15 per month, meaning that ISP charges 
>     adjusted for the phone net to $12 per month.  That's for unlimited 

>     access.
>     
>     Hope this is helpful
>     
>     Earl Young
>     bna.com
>     
>
>
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>There are three issues that need to be resolved before WebTV will 
become 
>popular.  First, format conversion.  Most home pages on the Internet 
>have been designed for computer monitors instead of TV.  Until people 
>are willing to redesign home pages for TV viewers.  It's like watching 
>letter box films on TV.  It does not feel right.  Second, habits, 
>watching TV is a community event while web surfing is individual on a 
>Personal Computer.  Are you going to allow one person to surf while 
>others watch?   Third, communication infrastructure,  WebTVs are 
>designed
>to use telephone wires.  The speed is too slow.
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