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Technology Stocks : WavePhore (WAVO)- VBI fed WaveTop for WebTV
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To: Thomas Murphy who wrote (933)3/1/1998 9:07:00 PM
From: AJ Berger  Read Replies (2) of 2843
 
IBD Writing about WavePhore

Gosh, I wish someone would transcribe it here.

Some tidbits from IBD that will also help our cause:

There's one big catch: You may not be able to find cable Internet service.
And it may stay that way for a long time. It is now offered in relatively few
cities. About 100,000 subscribers have signed up.

Cable TV companies face several hurdles in increasing their service reach.
The communications equipment that delivers a cable TV signal was built for
one-way connectivity - with the local operator sending information to
customers.

To offer Internet access, these service providers need to upgrade their
equipment to support two-way communications. That represents a major
investment and requires the companies to install new lines.

Lisa Pelgrim, senior analyst with Dataquest Inc. in San Jose, Calif.,
estimates only 20% of existing cable TV lines could support two-way
communications. The rest will have to be built from scratch.

Another problem is that cable companies initially targeted residential areas
for their services. Consequently, they may not offer Internet access in
business districts. But that problem is expected to disappear eventually,
companies say.

MORE TIDBITS:
The company, in
further scaling back the
service, will stop
producing its own
entertainment
programming for the
Microsoft Network
and cut 40 jobs. The
move comes as
Microsoft focuses on
the broader Internet,
trying to draw more
World Wide Web
surfers to its popular
Web sites and services.
Microsoft has lost
money trying to
entertain users of its
proprietary network
with programs that
never drew many
users, analysts say.
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