🚀 go-pugleaf

There has been a reasonable amount of traffic about high-speed
internet access in Ottawa over the past several months.  After
a friend who came back from Alberta mentioned seeing advertisements
for ADSL service, I was quite surprised.  I had not heard about
this before, and I try to keep up on the technology.  After a lot
of web surfing, I found some hard facts.  TELUS (the local telco)
is selling lines (bare copper, no dialtone) for approx $20/mth,
which ISP's have hooked ADSL headend equipment to.  One provider
which has lots of info is Cadvision; see www.cadvision.com/cvtimes
Look at the info on their CADVision 2000K service.
40hrs/wk for $30/mth, and 2.5Mbit downstream, 1Mbit upstream.
I don't really understand the "hours" concept as it is a
permanant connection to thier ADSL headend.
Companies can get a Class C lan ADSL access for about $70/mth
plus setup.  Considering the $600/mth most local companies pay
for 2B ISDN service, this is almost an ORDER OF MAGNITUDE cheaper!
And where is Bell Canada in all of this... lots of talk about
trials, but as far as something the public can use, they seem to
have their head up their a**.
IMHO, this technology (at these prices) would wipe out ISDN and
cable modem in any areas it is available... 

Time to sell my ISDN T/A?
Time to check out housing prices in Calgary?

-Ralph

p.s. Just in case anyone wonders, I have no association with Cadvision;
I never heard of them until I found them on the web today.