and ask him about their "odd" decision not to connect units,
only houses. According to my office poll at work here that's
a major bummer. Sounds crazy to me, it's less work for them
for more money.
(I have other gripes too but that's a biggie, others are
this crap about not running a web/ftp/etc server and not being
allowed (officially) to connect up a network to the cable)
Dave.
Robin Whittle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> I will be in Sydney on Thursday for a press conference and then
> briefing/discussion/grilling of Milo Medin, Chief Technical Officer of
> @home in America - regarding the Optus@home service. I was not familiar
> with his name, but Milo Medin has a long history of Internet
> involvement, as a quick search on AltaVista shows.
>
> I would very much like to have a copy of their fair-use policy - in case
> they obfuscate and don't provide it at the time.
>
>
> I am suspicious of their apparent focus on targeting their conception of
> the average consumer - a dumb consumer model which fits quite a few
> people, but which does not fit all.
>
> What about business needs for subnet ranges of fixed IP addresses?
> What's the definition of a server, when many consumers want to run a
> games program which is effectivly a server for others to connect to?
> Doesn't ICQ create a mini web server? The questions go on.
>
>
> - Robin
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