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

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Dec 5 9:30 AM EST

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To: RTev who wrote (5212)	10/8/1999 12:09:00 AM
From: John Erb	Read Replies (2) of 6846

>>DSL may be a mediocrity, but it's a far more efficient use of that old copper plant than a 56K modem could ever be. It may not have much of a future . . . << I am consulting for a company that is using DSL, VPN and thin client technology with WinNT Term Server & Citrix MetaFrame to create a WAN where satellite offices do real-time input into a centralized accounting system. The setup is cheap ($200/mo/office), fast (384KB/sec) and reliable. The alternatives were ISDN (same cost, slower, no simultaneous internet access), or frame relay/T1 (much more expensive, no simultaneous internet access). So it's hard for me to see how DSL is such a mediocrity. I'm close to getting it at home myself since it offers such great speed for such a reasonable cost. It's going to be a long time before there is fiber to the home and I think DSL is going to explode in popularity in the next year or two; far outpacing cable. Therefore, I think DSL is going to be a big part of QWST's future, either directly by QWST/USW offering it or indirectly by simply creating the bandwith demand on the internet generally.

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