John @ netTRUST wrote:
I think there is a big market need for something that is better then consumer grade ADSL, delivered over copper to be widely available, and cheaper then outdated often unreliable Frame Relay.
Yeah I totally agree. As with IPv6 though. If it can't be shown to the telcos that this a good business decision, then they just won't build it. The target market for this product will come from two existing areas.... 1) The people who currently pay much more for the redundant services mentioned in other posts 2) The people who get home DSL lines and wish that they were better. In the case of 1) the Telco will loose money on the deal. In the case of 2) if these customers are paying their bills each month, then the telco is pretty happy. For the most part, if someone is not unhappy enough to leave, they arn't unhappy enough to pay double either. I think that business grade SLA access is something to lobby for, but as with IPv6, you have to do it in words that telcos understand. Dean