Re: Do these numbers sound correct to you?

Cyrus Afzali <pnsmnyv@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in part:
Look, the marketplace has spoken and cable has clearly won.

No. What is clear is that you dislike the RBOCs.
As such, your posting in c.d.xdsl is at least mildly trollish:

Phone companies basked in the glow of local monopolies that
had insane pricing for years and still haven't wised up.
[snip]
Because they have absolutely no idea
about how to compete in a modern environment.

Then why not let them die in peace? Your advocacy
betrays your fears.

Look: cable is good. DSL is good. Both at once are even better
(competition). In almost all places, cable can burst at 5 Mbit/s
download, 3x DSL. I've used both, but don't notice much difference
on WWW. In some places, cable is congested. As for marketting
and business practices, both cable and RBOCs are mostly good,
but can occasionally be horrible. No clear winner, except by area.

-- Robert

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