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Re: Guerilla ISPs



At 14:07 1/3/96 -0800, Peter Monta wrote:
>I'm skeptical about cable modems---few cable providers have adequate
>return paths, and everyone competes for the downlink bandwidth.
>Broadcast is not the right architecture.

I would be skeptical too, but the cable modems I reviewed in a marketing
research focus group were from HP.  My view of HP's reputation is that when
they claim their equipment does something, it does.  Does anyone want to
offer counter examples?


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