IP: How to stay above the rest

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> From: Monty Solomon <monty () roscom com>
>
> How to stay above the rest
>
> Faster internet access and wireless networks could threaten 3G mobile
> phones before they even get off the ground, writes Jack Schofield
> More internet news
>
> Thursday December 6, 2001
> The Guardian
>
> Just when many people are starting to think about getting broadband
> access to the internet, about 10 times faster than using a modem,
> manufacturers are planning to introduce technologies that are a
> hundred times faster. And these new phone-based and wireless systems,
> working together, could ruin the chances of success for
> third-generation (3G) mobile phone networks - in which telecoms
> suppliers invested £22.5bn - and put increasing pressure on cable TV
> networks.
>
> For the past year, British Telecom has been offering consumers
> broadband net access using ADSL (Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber
> Line), with a download speed of 512 kilobits per second (kbps) -
> enough to smoothly download music and play games online. By the end
> of next year, it expects to offer VDSL (Very high bit-rate DSL) with
> download speeds of up to 14 megabits per second - 28 times faster -
> and more than 50mbps is achievable. In the US, Qwest Communications
> is already installing VDSL in some areas, though it is only offering
> 1mbps.
>
> ...
>
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/story/0,3605,612492,00.html

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