Re: SO and all that

["R.A.Fletcher" <nospam [at] sheffield.ac.uk>]

>  Does anyone now, BTW, what plans BT has w.r.t. ADSL? It has been
> deployed in Spain in the last few weeks, and people seem to be happy
> (and these people usually run under ATM). I just wanted to know what
> flavour of xDSL BT opted for. 

Ive looked at some news archives.
At http://www.internetnews.com/isp-
news/article/0,1087,8_171101,00.html dated July 29, 1999.

"British Telecom, through its Internet & Multimedia Services division
(IMS), plans to launch an interactive content service for consumers 
over ADSL, the new high speed digital service also announced this 
week. 
BT's offering will consist of high-speed Internet access, enhanced 
Internet applications and what it calls "a compelling range of 
content services." The whole package will become available from 
March 2000. "

hey! thats tommorrow. Horaah,lets go and get it. Thw whole 
package. To be honest, I cant see BT using a form of DSL where 
upstream is fast incase people start using the internet to 
communicate unmeterd as they would with voice. It surely wouldnt 
be that hard to set up with the power computers have. Record from 
mic, mp3, send down line. It might not be instant, but it could do 
the job, especially if its not costing that much more. Or am I being 
insane? Maybe. But to be fair, not as insane as BT's attitude to the 
Net. 

As a friend said of Bill Gates. "He's a capitalist with a monopoly, 
what do you expect him to do?"

_oOO-Richard Fletcher-OOo_
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