[ILUG] Re: Genesis

[Vincent Cunniffe]

Paul Mc Auley wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 1 Mar 2000 09:39:03 +0000 Owen Kelly <okelly at solas-data.ie>  wrote:
> 
> | Genesis *will* provide 45Mbits into your  home, and it will work.  Let
> | me also say that I doubt anyone on this list is actually capable of
> | understanding it,  you havent seen or heard of this technology before,
> | its not based on previous standards/maths formulas/rules  of thumb.  I
> | dont know whats going into these 'Little Black Boxes (TM)', and I dont
> | want to know.  What I do  know, is that it will be better than you
> | could ever expect.
> 
> Oh good move, insult our intelligence and then start wildly waving your hands.
> 
> "Ladies and Gentlemen, this is Chewbacca."
> 
> Bear in mind that some of us do indeed work with 'Little Black Boxes' with
> varying levels of expertese, and are aware that part of the limitation of said
> boxes lies with the wiring that connects them together. Short of bringing
> fibre to within, what 300m? of my house and running Cat-5 the rest of the way,
> I do not see how they can supply 45Mbits to me, let alone everybody in my
> neighbourhood. Remember that ye olde thick coax is only rated for 10Mbits.

I have to agree here : I'll believe 45MBps when I see it downloading into
my machine, and not before.

If it's a technology that none of us have either seen or heard of before,
then why is it being implemented in a comparative shithole like Ireland,
which has a tiny customer base and pretty meagre internet usage?

Vin