...about this! 3Mbps is better than a full t1...and if they're saying that for $79.99 you get that GUARANTEED, it means that they have to live up to it.
This is the best development yet! Surely you realize that with a cable modem you are using a SHARED medium...that means that bandwidth X is available to segment Y, which has Z number of users on it. So, they could tell you that what you get is bandwidth X downstream, but what you ACTUALLY get is:
X -- Z
with this proposal, you get guaranteed 3MBPS downstream guaranteed, or you don't have to pay what they ask (well, what it really means is you have TOS that says you get something...when you don't get what you pay for, you're usually due a refund, and quibbling with customer service will usually get you this...). in short, this is a gurantee that you can suck down as much data as you want for as long as you want without fear of being "capped". Before you flame something understand it, please.
Ignorance is bliss, and so many of you are so damned HAPPY....
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...True Names by Vernor Vinge. If NPC's get introduced into this little world (computer generated characters) one of them could very well become "The Mailman"......
Well...actually....maybe this is just StarWars Trivia 101...I don't think the novels play into the storyline all that much (I could be wrong, but I think it's just some authors running with Lucas' storyline.)
Let's go back to StarWars, Episode IV....
Luke lived with his uncle Owen (with Aunt Beru) on Tatooine, right? Well, if it were his ACTUAL uncle (and we haven't been led to believe otherwise), then that would make him Anakin's brother, right? Unless it was a long-removed relative of Amidala...
....a key point.
The handhelds that are out have a big demand for one specific ADDON...802.11b. Everyone in my office gets the addon for their Jornada's, IPAQs, whatever flavor they're partial to.
I think that if they could make a device that was cell phone/PDA/802.11(B/A)/Bluetooth, they would be the winner that could never be toppled.
Are they listening? How awesome would it be to be a commuter/telecommuter and have this? Imagine:
1. On the train, I check stock prices/email/whatever else I need to on the wireless web.
2. I make notes in my palm notepad, and dial my sales rep/customer/whatever from my built in dialer.
3. I get to the office, and now 802.11/Bluetooth tkes over, and I'm still browsing with the same device.
I think this device would sell better than ANYTHING EVER introduced...if it did all this. I wonder how much bigger it would be with these features.
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...about this! 3Mbps is better than a full t1...and if they're saying that for $79.99 you get that GUARANTEED, it means that they have to live up to it. This is the best development yet! Surely you realize that with a cable modem you are using a SHARED medium...that means that bandwidth X is available to segment Y, which has Z number of users on it. So, they could tell you that what you get is bandwidth X downstream, but what you ACTUALLY get is:
X
--
Z
with this proposal, you get guaranteed 3MBPS downstream guaranteed, or you don't have to pay what they ask (well, what it really means is you have TOS that says you get something...when you don't get what you pay for, you're usually due a refund, and quibbling with customer service will usually get you this...).
in short, this is a gurantee that you can suck down as much data as you want for as long as you want without fear of being "capped".
Before you flame something understand it, please.
Ignorance is bliss, and so many of you are so damned HAPPY....
...True Names by Vernor Vinge. If NPC's get introduced into this little world (computer generated characters) one of them could very well become "The Mailman"......
Well...actually....maybe this is just StarWars Trivia 101...I don't think the novels play into the storyline all that much (I could be wrong, but I think it's just some authors running with Lucas' storyline.) Let's go back to StarWars, Episode IV.... Luke lived with his uncle Owen (with Aunt Beru) on Tatooine, right? Well, if it were his ACTUAL uncle (and we haven't been led to believe otherwise), then that would make him Anakin's brother, right? Unless it was a long-removed relative of Amidala...
....a key point. The handhelds that are out have a big demand for one specific ADDON...802.11b. Everyone in my office gets the addon for their Jornada's, IPAQs, whatever flavor they're partial to. I think that if they could make a device that was cell phone/PDA/802.11(B/A)/Bluetooth, they would be the winner that could never be toppled. Are they listening? How awesome would it be to be a commuter/telecommuter and have this? Imagine: 1. On the train, I check stock prices/email/whatever else I need to on the wireless web. 2. I make notes in my palm notepad, and dial my sales rep/customer/whatever from my built in dialer. 3. I get to the office, and now 802.11/Bluetooth tkes over, and I'm still browsing with the same device. I think this device would sell better than ANYTHING EVER introduced...if it did all this. I wonder how much bigger it would be with these features.