[X4U] DSL versus Cable ??

[Jan Melichar]

On 11 Mar 2006, at 14:37, T.L. Miller wrote:

> On 3/11/06, at 2:43 PM, Kirk McElhearn kirklists at wanadoo.fr said:
>
>> Yeah, for once France is ahead of the curve. They've been pushing
>> ADSL here for a while, and, since cable is pretty much inexistent
>> (people get pay TV via satellite), they're now offering TV over ADSL.
>
> In Florida, we are getting 5Mbps to 7Mbps and can even get speeds  
> up to
> 15 Mbps with some upgrades. Didn't France's Minitel system help to get
> them ahead of the curve?

Stiff regulations on satellite dishes was the prime influence on the  
development of high speed broadband.

Jan