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Technology Stocks : Ascend Communications (ASND)

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To: pass pass who wrote (27858)	12/14/1997 3:27:00 AM
From: Salvador Villavieja	Read Replies (2) of 61433

I do not see any beauty in 112K modems at all. For one, it does NOT ENABLE new web applications such as video on demand and similar applications (it will probably allow annoying jerky/non full-screen video). For another, it further confuses the public on which to choose: 112K modems, cable modems or ADSL modems. Unlike the last two modem types, 112K technology is only like a jump from 4800 bps to 9600bps - nothing significant just hype. Cable and ADSL modems offer more than an order of magnitude in performance compared to 112K. An ADSL modem allows the use of a phone line while the same line is being used to surf the web. ADSL is in my opinion the best of these three technologies. Ascend should not waste its time on 112K technology and instead should exert the effort on ADSL and/or CABLE modems.

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