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Re: Who here in Legoland has a Cable modem?
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lugnet.general
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Mon, 20 Sep 1999 17:17:35 GMT
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The reason Cable Modems have taken so long to be launched in the UK is that
a standard had to finalised after the incompatibility problems that have
plagued North America.
Nick Allan
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Madness takes its toll. Please have exact change.
Matthew Miller <mattdm@mattdm.org> wrote in message
news:slrn7u5lg1.245.mattdm@jadzia.bu.edu...
> Doyle <doylenelson@home.com> wrote:
> > I just wanted to know who here sprung and bought a cable modem. I am • asking
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> Few people with cable internet have "sprung" -- a cable modem costs
> something like $300, maybe more, and they're not standardized, so you • can't
> buy one and use it anywhere. Almost everybody leases from their • provider --
> I pay $10/month. Seems like a good deal to me -- in 30 months, it's very
> likely to be obsolete, or maybe I'll have moved to somewhere with a
> different provider.
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> But yeah, I have cable 'net access. :)
>
> --
> Matthew Miller ---> • mattdm@mattdm.org
> Quotes 'R' Us ---> • http://quotes-r-us.org/
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| (...) Few people with cable internet have "sprung" -- a cable modem costs something like $300, maybe more, and they're not standardized, so you can't buy one and use it anywhere. Almost everybody leases from their provider -- I pay $10/month. Seems (...) (25 years ago, 17-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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