Carlos E. R. wrote: > The Monday 2006-05-15 at 11:59 +0200, Per Jessen wrote: >> In absolute numbers yes, but in relative, I wonder if not most people >> have or are moving to ADSL? Many countries have 95% or better >> coverage, and the cost is now _almost_ negligible. (the cheapest >> here is CHF9/month plus CHF2.40/hour). > > That "many" countries means the first world only, and then only cities > in my part of the first world. They are thinking some kind of radio > link instead.
I would still maintain many countries have it, but of course you're right that it doesn't apply everywhere. 5 years ago I was also told "nope, ADSL won't work where you live", but that changed 1-2 years later. We've recently been upped to 5.6Mbit downstream. > Cable is not viable, they say, although it lies 30 meters from my > door. You'd probably have to pay for them digging in the cable - that's what usually happens around here. /Per Jessen, Zürich --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
