Re: High Speed Homes

Tamara,

I myself do not care for AOL, ( but thats another discussion and for another
forum)
however, my brother-in-law swears by it and recently he had to call me and
inform me that he has dsl with AOL, due to my local phone company (verizon's
(bell atlantic's))  inability to update thier phone lines in a timely
manner.

I am told I will definitly have dsl by 2015 although they tell me I could
have it as soon as 2005, and my local cable company was recently purchased
by Comcast, and wont be offering cable modems til 2002-3.

My understanding is my brother-in-law purchases dsl from a provider, then
pays a nominal fee to continue to access AOL.

Heres, my question though.  Is there a statistic out there that tells how
many people access web sites while at work or at home.

Being that only 11% of the U.S. poulation has access or subscribes to
broadband, all those web sites with enormous amounts of graphics and large
media files, their visitors are still seeing long download times.

Mike


>
> 57-percent?? Was there any theory proffered as to why more than half of
> those Korean connections were broadband?
>
> I can certainly understand the low numbers elsewhere, and in the US, I'm
> sure most home users don't mind giving up their phone line for awhile as
> they surf, so that makes sense. I've got cable but that's only because my
> husband started working from home and needed the other phone line for his
> job which left me well, unplugged I guess.
>
> And, I thought there could be a problem with more than 2 lines in a
> dwelling if you're on old copper wires? Or am I imagining again?? Anyway,
> with what the phone company charges for one line, let alone 3, well,
that's
> when cable/dsl/satellite should be considered.
>
> You know, something that could change things as cable/dsl gets rolling --
> what about AOL? MSN I think has some limited DSL for their subscribers?
> What about this AOL/Time Warner deal? Would that dramatically raise
> broadband usage?? I know at least one AOL user that won't go broadband
> because it means giving up AOL -- hey, AOL works for a certain customer so
> sometimes it's best to just let it go rather than trying to persuade her.
>
> hmmmm,
> <tamara />
>
>

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