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[andri_cy]

Well I would say somewhere in the middle would be the best.

[Hazza]

A further note on ADSL2+, somebody else is entering the tripleplay market very soon in OteNet. In the next 2-3 years, we will be very spoilt for choice on who we can use on ISP.

[Sotos]

A further note on ADSL2+, somebody else is entering the tripleplay market very soon in OteNet. In the next 2-3 years, we will be very spoilt for choice on who we can use on ISP.

I hope you are right Hazza! For me the most important is the internet part. I don't care much about telephony since I don't use the phone that much and I am satisfied with a few good quality TV channels.

[cyprusgrump]

I hope you are right Hazza! For me the most important is the internet part. I don't care much about telephony since I don't use the phone that much and I am satisfied with a few good quality TV channels.

There is a problem here.

Initially, the internet was an ‘added value’ service for telephony suppliers. They made money over and above their telephony business by providing Internet access using their existing technology.

As the Internet has expended, people have used it more and more – each time the speed increases new services are developed and people now do the most incredible things with the internet – downloading videos and CD’s, video streaming, etc.

Unfortunately for the telecos, people increasingly use the Internet for making low-cost (or free) ‘phone calls thus depriving them of the revenues that have traditionally funded the upgrading of the network to provide higher bandwidth.

The only way telecos can actually survive and continue to provide the expensive infrastructure is to sell you something in place of your phone calls – web content such as TV, movies, etc.

I think you’ll increasingly see Internet access ‘bundled’ with other products such as ‘phone and TV services to provide the revenues required to continue to develop the network. Put simply, they can’t afford to offer customers like you high speed, unlimited Internet access and allow them to download vast amounts of data without charging for the privilege in some way.