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

["Ross, Matt" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

I've not seen even 1.5mb for $50.  Lately, $50 seems to be the low end price
for 512/128kb

> 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
> 
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