[techtalk] High speed access -- pros and cons

[Walt]

At 03:10 PM 10/28/99 -0700, Lighthouse Keeper in the Desert Sun wrote:
>On Oct 28, Walt conjectured:
>
>> At 03:44 PM 10/28/99 -0500, you wrote:
>> >Holy moly, $800 for setup... I guess if that's what it takes to get cable 
>> >in a rural area.  I also didn'tknow that youc ould get cable connections 
>> >at 512k both ways... mine goes extremely fast for dl, and is something 
>> 
>> Clarification: $200 install, $600 modem (not that that's cheap!)
>> Also, I've gotten speeds (twice (jk) :-) of 70-80k per sec. 60k is
>> not at all uncommon.
>> 
>
>Holy jeez!  ROadRunner had a 100 dollar install, which included the 70

Hrm. The more you people said about that, the less sure I was,
so I went and checked. Uh, I feel really stoopid (which is nothing
new) but it _was_ $800. For the first _year_. ($200 setup + $50/mo)

Sorry for the deceit and lies!

walt

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