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Technology Stocks : Qwest Communications (Q) (formerly QWST)

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To: Pat Hughes who wrote (5126)	9/29/1999 8:24:00 PM
From: Ausdauer	of 6846

Pat and Thread, I am not a current QWEST shareholder, but wanted to share this. I live less than 18,000 feet from a major distribution node for USWest. I ordered a 256 kbs phone service from USWest today. It will allow me to use my phone while surfing on the Internet simultaneously. USWest is my local/local long distance provider. I don't have a cell phone for personal use yet, but they would be my first choice if the pricing were competitive. I like the fact that a local company is providing all of my telephony needs. In our area the cable provider is not offering cable modems. I am paying $19.95 per month for the service in addition to $14.95 for a monthly ISP contract. My only other monthly tech expenditures are a limited account with Mindspring as they have local phone access for Win CE devices across the US. I pay less than $10.00 a month for that plan. Soon I expect my long distance bill to be a minor contributor to my monthly expenses. Long distance seems trivial now. In fact, e-mail and web hosting keeps us in much closer contact with loved ones for the time being. I am not saying we don't make phone calls, but at $0.05/min on weekends it is a no-brainer. Also, I would be willing to try internet telephony when it becomes available. I suspect this will be free at some point in the near future. I was turned on to QWST because of the intended merger. I also read a story recently about its founder and it seems like he has the Midas touch. Not saying that his luck won't run out at some point, but the guy is good. And you need someone like that at the helm. I may take a position in QWEST soon. It has been my experience that my consumer needs and expenditures (strictly from a consumer perspective) are fairly good indicators of general market trends. When I became an AOL subscriber in early 1997 the stock was trading at less than $10 split adjusted. My father (72 y.o.) had AOL nearly a year before I did. I will be cancelling my AOL subscription after this October. Ausdauer (Just an average consumer and a novice investor)

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