At 10:24 AM 4/17/01 +0100, Niall O Broin wrote:
>On Tue, Apr 17, 2001 at 10:17:04AM +0100, John P. Looney wrote:
>> > I still reckon that the only way you'll get 45Mb/sec net access in
> > Ireland is going to be by shipping hard drives via boat. As Pronnsias
> > says, great bandwidth, but the latency sucks :)
>>Reminds me of the old saying from when many of you were still in nappies :-)
>>"Hard to beat the bandwidth of a station-wagon full of tapes"
Its not the bandwidth that is the problem its the cost ;-).
Maybe it is time the telcos thought about Ethernet to
the house.
Regards,
Kevin
>Niall
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