RE: Talking about Bandwidth-Some People Are Missing The REAL ISSUE

[Carrie Dailey]

A lot of people seem to be focusing on the wrong perspective in the

connection speed/bandwidth discussion going on.  Let's try to shift to

another perspective here for a minute.


Supply & Demand

We all know this theory.  If a need or a demand for a certain service,

product, whatever, is generated or discovered, industry kicks in and

increases the supply.  At the same time, prices for the "whatever" usually

drop as manufacturers and providers begin to compete for your $$.

We have witnessed this on grand scales repeatedly over the years:


--I bought a VCR in 1984 when they were "new" for $700!  Today, you can get

one 10 times as good as the one I bought for $150.

--I purchased a 166mhz desktop when they were state-of-the-art for $2100.

This morning, I saw one advertised with 2 times the RAM (Compaq Deskpro 2000

sans monitor) for $499!!!

--Consider the hard drive industry....Good God....6.4 gigs for $249????

Imagine this 5 years ago!!!

--My dad purchased an RCA 19" color TV in 1975 for $800.  Today you can get

an awesome 31" high res TV with stereo sound for that price.


What I am getting at here is this...

Don't gripe that developers/designers are producing content that you can't

access.  We should be begging EVERYONE to create content in this fashion.

Make it bigger, more beautiful, more interactive, HUMONGOUS.  If a majority

of websites are inaccessible to low speed connection households or

businesses, the technology giants will be literally SPEWING new, LOW COST,

high speed connections for the general public and they will be BEGGING you

to take it.  DON'T HOLD IT BACK.  Create the demand...the industry will

provide the supply... AND they will do it on OUR terms.



>

> Yes that may be true, however because the majority of the people on the

> internet today are on older connections, what I mean is 14.4,

> 28.8 and 33.6

> connection file size is still a big issue. In fact the ADSL is not even

> available in some areas here in Washington and Cable modems are not

> available in all areas. I can't get on to cable modem until next year when

> they upgrade the existing cable lines. So please don't expect everyone is

> going to have fast connection.

> Jester_boy

> "Keep your eyes on the prize!"

>

>

>

> 	-----Original Message-----

>

From: Thepoet [SMTP:thepoetmci2000 [dot] com]

> 	Sent:	Wednesday, May 20, 1998 3:21 PM

>

To: flashershocker [dot] com

> 	Subject:	Talking about Bandwidth

>

> 	Recently many people were talking about movie sizes being too large

> at 500k

> 	etc. Currently this is true for most people, BUT, the situation is

> beggining

> 	to change in many places in the country. For example here in

> Colorado and

> 	Arizonia as well, the local RBOC-US Worst ...er... West

> 	is starting up their ADSL

> 	Here is a price comparison of their services. Please note that the

> $40.00

> 	per moth price includes use of the ADSL modem IF you use US Worst

> for your

> 	ISP (an additional 19.95 for unlimited access)

> 	from http://www.uswest.com/com/customers/interprise/dsl/pricing.html

> in case

> 	you want more info.

>

> 	The following prices are based on a one year contract. Pricing state

> to

> 	state may vary.  Product Per

> 	month fee Initial

> 	set-up fee ATM OAL*

> 	Per Month        Install

>

> 	MegaLine (256k) $40 $110 n/a n/a

> 	MegaOffice (512k) $62.40 $110 n/a n/a

> 	MegaBusiness (768k) $76.80 $110 n/a n/a

>

> 	MegaBit:

> 	   1 M down 1 M up  $120 $110 n/a n/a

> 	   4 M down 1 M up $480 $110 n/a n/a

> 	   7 M down 1 M up $840 $110 n/a n/a

>

> 	MegaCentral:

> 	   1.544 Mbps $455 $500 ** n/a

> 	   3 Mbps $967 $500 $674.50 $840.27

> 	   Each additional

> 	   3 Mbps + $239

> 	to previous fee $500 n/a n/a

>

> 	MegaPak $59.95 $199*** n/a n/a

>

>

>

>

> ------------------------------------------------------------------

> ----------

> 	----

> 	In addition to the above charges, the MegaLine, MegaOffice,

> MegaBusiness and

> 	MegaBit customers will need to buy a Netspeed Modem or PCI card from

> 	U S WEST for their computer. The price for this ranges from $199 to

> $299.

>

> 	MegaBit Services provide users with a fast-paced connection to

> either a

> 	corporate LAN or the Internet. Both the data and voice traffic

> travel on the

> 	same pair of telephone wires so the user may use the phone while

> working on

> 	the computer. The customer's phone service remains the same and the

> customer

> 	continues to pay the current charges for residential or business

> phone

> 	service. The pricing of MegaBit Services does not include pricing of

> phone

> 	service.

> 	*Asynchronous Transfer Mode Optical Access Link � Certain parameters

> need to

> 	be met. Contact your sales representative for further information.

>

> 	**** so folks the issue of bandwidth may not be that much of a deal

> if your

> 	target market consists of folks with speed. However, if you are

> addressing

> 	the larger universal market, well then it is.

> 	Perhaps a dual Flash site based upon speed?

>

>

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