RE: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] The Wi-Fi Boom

["Brent Deterding" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

I am about to order (moving - new house and new state) my ADSL - 2mbit
down/384kbit up with 2 statics for $45/mo. - can't beat it

-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Wolfe [mailto:EMAIL:PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 6:21 PM
To: EMAIL:PROTECTED
Subject: RE: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] The Wi-Fi Boom


As an aside, I'm in Japan right now and in the past year or two, ADSL
has
really taken off.  What I couldn't believe are the prices and the
rates... An
article in a newspaper said the average monthly charge for an ADSL
connection
recently has fallen to 3000 yen ($24 or so) from 6000 yen.  NTT (big
telecom
co.) this month reduced "the monthly cost of a 12-megabyte-per-second
line by
500 yen to 2700 yen ($22 or so)..."  WHAT?!  If the article author is
right
(and he mentions megaBYTE a couple of times), these guys are getting the
equivalent of a 100 mbit/sec connection to their homes!  Is that right? 
What's the max throughput for ADSL?  I've got to talk to my
brother-in-law
(lives here, has ADSL) to see what the scoop really is.

Looks like they're pushing IP telephony also, with the ADSL.  They do
have
cable internet, with prices and speeds similar to our own.  And they are
planning the rollout of fiber to the residential curb, but that is still
some
years out.  

--Chris

--- Jonathan King <EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 16 Dec 2002, Ryan Thornton wrote:
> 
> > Here is another wireless ISP in Missouri:
> > 
> > http://convergenow.net/
> > 
> > Sounds better than satellite.......
> > (sychronous)
> > Speed (kbps)  Monthly Fee
> > 256k $29.95
> > 512k $59.95
> > 768k $89.95
> > 1500k $159.95
> > 2000k $179.95
> > 3000k $350.95
> > 
> > Service Agreement Type Installation Fee
> > 1 Year $250
> 
> But it looks like there are some "gotchas".  They say if you use it
> with more than one PC, that you "must" get their "ethernet
> convertor" for $250. (From other stuff on their site, you can tell
> this is one of those WAP/router thingies that have just broken the
> $100 barrier.)  Also, the residential service doesn't seem to
> include any option for a static IP address.  They don't say anything
> on the web page about running serves, but the availability of the
> much pricier Business level of service suggests to me that they
> might care.  
> 
> I'm not sure what this technology is based on; it doesn't seem to be
> Ricochet, but it does seem to be correlated with where cell phone
> service is available.  Anybody know?  At some point, this could get 
> cheaper, and honest-to-goodness 3 Mbps to everybody without doing 
> the last mile thing would seem to be a plausible business.
> 
> jking
> 


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