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Technology Stocks : COMS & the Ghost of USRX w/ other STUFF

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To: Moonray who wrote (16898)	8/3/1998 3:38:00 PM
From: djane	Read Replies (1) of 22053

7/98 Boardwatch. Prodigy/3Com bug and AOL Testing DSL Technology [do we know the supplier?] boardwatch.internet.com Big Board Briefs by Wallace Wang In an attempt to increase the number of customers they can service (and ultimately ignore), America Online has begun nationwide trials of Digital Subscriber Line (xDSL) technology, which allows high-speed transmission of data over standard copper phone lines. AOL is working with GTE Internetworking to set up the xDSL trials. Initial trials will take place in Birmingham, Alabama; Redmond, Washington; Phoenix, Arizona; San Francisco, California; and the suburbs of Washington, D.C. and Virginia. The service will cost $49.95 per month, which includes the AOL subscriber fee. If these trials prove successful, America Online plans to roll out similar xDSL service to other parts of the country while testing cable and wireless technology as well. With so many different ways to connect, America Online just has to worry about keeping their subscribers from defecting to rival Internet services. PRODIGY 56 Kbps MODEMS STILL FLAKY Think that since the latest 56 Kbps modems have finally settled on a standard that your modem standardization problems are over? Think again. Prodigy subscribers using 56 Kbps modems have found that the new V.90 modems still only connect at 28.8. 3Com confirmed a bug in early versions of the x2 firmware that prevents 3Com V.90 modems from properly negotiating a 56 Kbps connection with 3Com's Total Control remote-access equipment. Other online service members have not experienced similar problems so if you're a Prodigy user who hasn't upgraded to a 56 Kbps modem yet, keep your old modem. Or better yet, just switch to a different Internet provider and avoid Prodigy's current 56 Kbps woes altogether.

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