[MLUG - DISCUSSION] AT&T tiered pricing...

["Spurling, Shannon" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Here's an article about AT&T and their cable modem pricing, courtesy of slashdot.
http://news.com.com/2100-1033-947559.html?tag=fd_top
It's kind of interesting when you think about it. There are a lot behind the bandwidth that governs the cost. It was kind of silly to think that you could actually buy 10Mb for under $50. And when you do buy bandwidth that cheap, look what kind of technical support you get (AKA the EMAIL:PROTECTED help line). And then you have to wonder what kind of peering arrangement that access point has to other internet providers, and what the bandwidth of the circuits connecting them to the rest of that vendors backbone is. I'm actually wondering what kind of  access is actually being offered at the 1.5Mb level that people are getting now with their cable modems and DSL. It's just something interesting to think about, I think.

Just my $.02

Shannon Spurling
WAN Engineer -Specialist

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