Re: RE:Business DSL (was VPN server)

["John Taylor" <jtaylor@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> That is a great price for fairly fast browsing and decent serving.  Is
your
> speed guaranteed?  Is it consistent?  Is it available everywhere?

Yes, the speed is guaranteed, and the connection is rock solid. DSL, and
broadband in general, is widely available and affordable in the urban areas
of Canada.

> DSL seems
> to be trailing here in the USA.  My home DSL is great until I try to send
> something large.  I have 128k/2.0M connection and it flies most of the
time
> but does fluctuate.  Our T1 at the office is consistent all the time.
> Hopefully some day DSL in the USA will become as fast and reliable as in
> Canada.

I think it has much to do with the deregulated telecom market in the U.S.
You have a lot of small Telco's in the U.S., whereas we have just a few
large ones.


John Taylor