Email hosting (was: ATTBI/Comcast rant)
bscott at ntisys.com
bscott at ntisys.com
Wed Jan 22 21:51:22 EST 2003
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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