7 Dec
2017
7 Dec
'17
11:08 a.m.
William Corcoran writes:
Well, sure in 1963 the T1 carrier was a huge pipe.
It was a huge pipe in
1970. It was also a huge pipe in 1980 for business. (Not so for the telcos,
as ATT had Metrobus in the 80’s and the telcos had SONET in the
90’s—-completely inaccessible but to the largest corporations)
However, today, I have Fios with nearly 1 Gigabit up and down for a small fee.
Thank you Judge Greene!
(Let’s not forget, I now have access to a working v7 for free where the license
previously cost $28,000.)
Bill Corcoran
Well yes, the consent degree made that possible. But remember that a whole pile
of the technology came from BTL and that sort of stuff isn't getting done at the
same level without research funding.
And lucky you. I pay $450/month for a T1 which is the best that I can get where
I live because there is no universal service.