It seems that cable is much cheaper, not complicated to install and doesnt need to be close to the central office.
hi racer,
dsl will be approx the same cost.
the efnt speedstream usb modem is self installed.
when you sign up the phone company mails it to you. plug it in, install a disk, and you are on. if you have problems, a repairman visit is free...i also got the modem free.
with the new equipment...the old distance limitation has been removed.
dsl does not require a dedicated telephone line...you can make calls, send/receive faxes on a fax machine, etc, at the same time and using the same phone line while your dsl modem is running in your PC.
cable is not universally available...not even close.
i was told you do not suffer the same signal degradation as cable when the entire neighborhood gets on-line with you.
cable does have some advantages where it is available.
the following is an e-mail i sent to some friends this morning...
uw
here are a few morsels i found.
company lost $3 a share last year...projected to earn 0.80 this year and $2.80 next year. if this comes to pass, we have a huge winner here.
won product of the year award 2 years running for their flagship product... DSL modem and software.
here is a partial list of the telecoms, ISPs, countries, and others who are rolling with their speedstream modem and other products.
bellsouth....i just got one....adsl became available in my neighborhood 3 weeks ago.
earthlink
verio
starnet in the USA, canada and japan
SBC...they started with a $45 million order....only a fraction of sbc customers have adsl access right now...that will increase to 80% in two years. if memory serves me right...sbc will spend about 8 billion getting that done.
tokyo metallic communications
eaglenet in oklahoma.
partnered with siemens for rollout in the USA, denmark (underway) and germany. siemens is an investor and has a board seat.
XINJIANG PTA china...for dsl in western china...rollout has started.
sprint....to provide dsl to north american network operators.
lucent
hanaro telecom...korea...underway
office open in singapore
this one year old IPO has come from no where to a 33% market share in one year. presently only approx 1% of USA homes have high speed access...that is about to change big time....streaming video is going to require all internet users to have broadband access. in fact, the entire world and all the homes and businesses in it are going to need high speed access.
this is exactly the kind of forward looking stock i love....and there is no waiting the roll-out is just at the beginning of the ramp.
lots of insiders listed to sell concerned me at first...that is why i did not forward this one immediately...i have had that evaluated by two expert DD folks....they tell me that they appear to be pre IPO employees who got stock options and now want a payday.
very little of the selling is company officers and it is a fraction of their total holdings.
there may be a shortterm issue (it may already be cleared up) with sbc stockpiling equipment...that seems natural to me since sbc has been slow with getting the wiring equipment installed in neighborhoods....but it is happening and i could find no evidence that sbc is buying dsl modems anywhere else.
presently down from a high of 185...now trading at 55. just under the 50 and 200 day averages....appears to have a classic capitulation and bottom on 22 august with 3 1/2x normal volume...high volume going into 22 august tapering volume coming out....my conclusion... TA looks great.
when the TA and the FA are in such sync...i buy. |
