Timelines

[thomst@netcom.com (Thom Stark)]

> On Wed, 8 Jan 1997, Danny Padwa wrote:
> 
> > PS>  A recent message (Chris Ambler, I think) said the 60-day period
> > would hurt startups who just got an ISDN link to the Internet and need
> > to start branding their SLDs, making third-level domains unworkable.
> > I'm not sure we have to worry about this so much.......an ISDN
> > connection from the RBOC and ISP in less than 60 days???

To which Michael Dillon responded:

> Bad example. ISP's with an ISDN dialup pool can allocate an ISDN line on a
> moment's notice.

Bzzzt-t!  Sorry.  It doesn't matter how fast the ISP can allocate an
ISDN connection (not a line).  What matters is how fast the local RBOC 
can install and provision the *end user's* ISDN line.  And, currently,
that is being advertised as requiring 6 weeks here in California (and
actually often takes 8 weeks or longer).

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