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Technology Stocks : George Gilder - Forbes ASAP

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To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (2112)9/25/1999 4:11:00 PM
From: Scott C. Lemon   of 5853
 
Hello Frank,

> Scott, does this event get carried over the 'net? I would think
> that it's time that they would be. They needn't be free. Forsooth.
> But part of a paid subscription if it actually came down to that
> being a stumbling block.

The main conference web site is at:
forbes.com

They have a link that says "Watch and Listen" on the left side frame, but this appears to be last years sessions. I do have to admit that the web presence of this conference is slightly below what I would have expected ... ;-(

> Live web-casting would add a tremendous sense of realism to the
> topic at hand. And it would serve the dual purpose of solving the
> emerging dread of bandwidth glut, at the same time. -smile-

... but then they would run into the same problem that I found up here at Lake Tahoe - there might be bandwidth in some places, but not here! PacBell doesn't even offer dial-up Internet access witha local number to it's customers up here! No Cable Modems, no DSL, and of course the development my folks live in is connected to the CO via a PairGain voice-grade system ... 28.8Kbps is it! ;-)

Last year they had some Internet access, but I'm not sure what the speed was ...

> Then again, maybe these are already being sent out "over the wires"
> and I simply don't know bout it. If it is, I'll have to sign up to
> get it pushed my way. Recall all the to do about push?

;-)

Push is one of my favorite subjects. I was hassled by a lot of people when I explained what a joke I thought it was ...

"Push is why there is a pile of newspapers at the end of my driveway when I return from a business trip!" SCL

Scott C. Lemon
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