ISDN never made much of an impact down here partly because SWB barely
admits that it exists. I'm going to be surprised if ADSL does much better
unless SWB really pushes it. Their pricing model for our area sounds
pretty good but I couldn't convince people that 128k ISDN with TWO POTS
lines was a good deal at $59 per month when it was the only >33.6k option
available (pre K56flex, etc.). The average bear just didn't seem to be
able to grasp the technology and/or they didn't think the extra bandwidth
was worth the cost and struggle.
I still have people dialing in with 9600 baud and slower modems. I would
say that less than 25% of our callers are using any kind of 56k technology
at this point, based on my log analysis. We are in a very technologically
savvy area with a high ratio of professionals and technical types. I'm
still running my old 28.8 modems that are four years old to satisfy the
people on the backside of the technology adoption curve. It is a little
weird to have them in the same rack as my PM3s.
-- Ron Parker, Network Administrator, Brazosport CollegeOn Tue, 4 May 1999, Jake Messinger wrote:
> Now how is DSL going to affect "us modem guys"? Soutwestern Bell is > AGRESSIVELY pushing DSL. It seems that if I wanna offer DSL, all I need is > an ATM switch connected to their cloud. > > How long do you guys think modems will be around?
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