[wellylug] Nightmares on Paradise (solved)

[Jamie Baddeley]

On Wed, 2004-08-11 at 20:34, Rob Giltrap wrote:
> One thing that Cable companies are going to be doing with the better 
> network control is to start offering the desktop as a service. There are 
> a number of companies using the new low bandwdth SunRay features in the 
> just released 3.0 beta (refer: 
> http://wwws.sun.com/software/download/products/410ff85d.html ).
> 
> This allows the Telco to com in and install the modem and the SunRay and 
> then you get a full service desktop.
see the start of this thread:

"what part of service don't they understand?"

>  Everything is stored and operated 
> at the Telco/ISP, if the unit breaks they just courier you a new one. 
> Very cool.
> 
Yes but what happens if the Telco is broken?



> 
> 
> Nigel Roberts wrote:
> 
> >The cost of access isn't the problem, it's the cost of international
> >bandwidth. Cheap, high-speed, flat-rate internet still won't work in
> >NZ. It's very cheap to upgrade capacity on a cable network, and any
> >bottlenecks to tend to occur elsewhere.
> >
> >The features in 1.1 or even 2.0 tend to be focused on the provider,
> >rather than the user ie. things like extra security, QoS etc. DOCSIS
> >2.0 does include faster modulation profiles (more bandwidth), but only
> >upstream.
> >
> >On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 at 20:10:53 +1200, Michael Dittmer wrote:
> >
> >  
> >
> >>So how will that affect existing cable customers?
> >>
> >>Can we expect to see more higher speed options and more traffic per month?
> >>
> >>Or more shocking, UNLIMITED TRAFFIC!!!! 
> >>
>