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