Quoting Thomas T. Veldhouse (veldy at veldy.net): > I think it is the consumer grade DSL that has been the cause of the > insolvency in alot of the ISPs. They tried to compete a little too much. As an ISP, I agree. When we see the competition offering 640k/256k routed networks for $25/month I just shake my head and ask how can they make any money? The cost of the ATM link, the hardware, the backbone connectivity AND people's salaries add up quickly and getting only $25/month/client means you have to have lots of clients who don't call to often for support! Flipe side. The customer is able to ISP hop for the best deals. Definately a customer market. -- Bob Tanner <tanner at real-time.com> | Phone : (952)943-8700 http://www.mn-linux.org | Fax : (952)943-8500 Key fingerprint = 02E0 2734 A1A1 DBA1 0E15 623D 0036 7327 93D9 7DA3 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 232 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://shadowknight.real-time.com/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20010305/f0edfef8/attachment.pgp