Email hosting (was: ATTBI/Comcast rant)

[bscott at ntisys.com]

On Wed, 22 Jan 2003, at 9:36pm, travis at scootz.net wrote:
>> Then please explain to me why almost every single DSL company has gone
>> out of business.
> 
> Because they're still need Verizon to set up the line for them..

  Look, Verizon may be a bunch of incompetent morons (they are), but the
fact that it takes them a month to provision a line doesn't mean everyone
goes out of business.  It's take years for DSL to reach general
availability; an additional month isn't going to make a difference.

  Especially when you consider the fact that, back when there were a hundred
and one DSL companies, Verizon's install time for their DSL was basically
"indefinite".  You simply couldn't get it installed.  You couldn't get a
static IP; you couldn't host services; they even made it difficult to send
email!  Believe me, Verizon DSL was no competition to the other guys.

  No, the reason everyone went under was that they were charing $50/month
for a service that was costing them $150/month.

> And almost every? Please.. Covad is around, as is speakeasy and Earthlink.

  SpeakEasy and EarthLink are both reselling Covad.  As does XO, and even
AT&T in places.  Most any national provider is reselling Covad.  They're
about the only ones left.  And Covad is/was in chapter 11 bankruptcy
protection, and their financial future is still uncertain.

-- 
Ben Scott <bscott at ntisys.com>
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