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Microcap & Penny Stocks : Globalstar Telecommunications Limited GSAT

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Dec 12 3:59 PM EST

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To: djane who wrote (3311)	3/9/1999 7:00:00 AM
From: Robert Scott	of 29987

T-1 speeds with my phone - that's awesome. Just got notice from my ISP that ADSL in available in my general area (unfortunately not available on my line yet) = $70/month includes Bell & ISP @ 640K down; 90K up speeds. At T-1 speeds, its $115 but still 90K upstream. Upper tier = up to 7.1 Mbps downstream--680 kbps upstream = $189.95 per month (includes the $109.95 monthly Bell charge). Notice ISP fee is going up too - from $20 at dial up to from $30 to $80/mo depending on speed = Huge profit for ISPs no? How much more support costs? I wouldn't think all that much more - especially in light of the fact that it's really Bell's issue so they should be supporting the problem. I would expect cable modem providers to use this model too - giving max speeds for $40 is too much of a bargain - plus they could get the bandwidth hogs to pay alot more for their use if they had incremental pricing. How they actually implement that in a cable infrastructure is beyond me - perhaps its a software setting in the cable modem. For me - I currently have 2 phone lines and ISP for a total of around $55 per month. For $15 more/mo, I get 20X+ my modem speed and a second line so I'm whole. But I also have to pay just under $500 for install, modem, and (it's still the Bell company) a service connection fee (i.e. just an added ripoff charge). I think even if I had it available, I'd wait. Also, I think, for example, that other ISPs will not increase their charge for service so would be $60, not $70 and it might only be 370K but that would still be a huge increase for me.

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