Bruce --
This may be affecting the networkers, and by association, TXN, too.
mercurycenter.com
MORE ALPHABET SOUP FROM AOL: Remember how America Online Inc.'s (NYSE, AOL) stock jumped when the company raised its flat-rate monthly prices earlier this year? Watch the sizzling stock in coming days when the company is expected to unveil another revenue-generating deal.
AOL and long-distance carrier GTE Corp. (NYSE, GTE) are expected to announce a high-speed Internet access service in five cities for $50 a month, according to an analyst who watches the companies.
The service, known as digital subscriber line, or DSL, transforms plain old telephone lines into high-capacity data lines and for several years has been one of the great unfulfilled promises of the telephone industry.
DSL service can cost as much as $150 a month. That will make the offering look like a bargain for customers in San Francisco, Phoenix, Boston, Washington, D.C., and Birmingham, Ala., according to the analyst. Representatives for AOL and GTE declined to comment.>>>>
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