Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Technology Stocks : America On-Line (AOL) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Ed Forrest who wrote (22469)	6/15/1999 8:48:00 PM
From: Hobie1Kenobe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 41369

Now Ed, do you really expect the cable folks to provide adequate customer service. Remember these are the folks that raise your TV rates at every opportunity and give you another trash TV channel to compensate. They ought to feel right at home (pun intended) under AT&T's ownership. Ain't monopolies great?? ;0) JF3 (AOL and @home subscriber)

To: Ed Forrest who wrote (22469)	6/15/1999 9:08:00 PM
From: Brian Malloy	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 41369

This is an old issue that will only get worse unless the cable boys decide to spend the money to upgrade their network. I still firmly believe that the best solution long term is X/DSL. news.com Regards,

To: Ed Forrest who wrote (22469)	6/15/1999 9:12:00 PM
From: E. Davies	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 41369

@home restricts the upstream speed to 128k because the technology is not strong enough to handle a lot of people sourcing data. This is one of the many reasons why "open" access is a difficult thing to achieve. With many ISP's and no one in charge how can anyone provide quality service? You see already how much @Home struggles just to give its present users consistent performance. Imagine how much harder it would be if 30 ISP's tried to use the same infrastructure all at once. Eric