Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 17 Feb 2003 06:49:42 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 17 Feb 2003 06:49:42 -0500 Received: from [81.2.122.30] ([81.2.122.30]:57604 "EHLO darkstar.example.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 17 Feb 2003 06:49:41 -0500 From: John Bradford Message-Id: <200302171200.h1HC0vvF006636@darkstar.example.net> Subject: Re: ADSL vs Leased line (was: Re: openbkweb-0.0) To: andrew@walrond.org (Andrew Walrond) Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2003 12:00:56 +0000 (GMT) Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <3E50CBA6.5010002@walrond.org> from "Andrew Walrond" at Feb 17, 2003 11:46:46 AM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL6] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 969 Lines: 26 > You'll concur that the lesser cost packages have usage limits > though. (which was my intended point) Yes. > It's interesting though that multiplying your quoted ?300/month 2Mbps > connection up to an unlimited 10Mbps connection gives......?1500/month! > > My original argument stands. NOBODY is doing an uncontended, unlimited > bandwidth service for 50 euros. :) Nobody I know of, in the U.K. is doing that. Note, though, that DSL is theoretically capable of about 8 Mbit, so I don't see any reason why it would not be possible to have 1 Mbit, burstable to 8 Mbit. Also, note that with leased lines, you will typically need a different type of circuit above 2 Mbit, so it's not just the cost of bandwidth. John. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/