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To: Nimbus who wrote (10157)	7/16/1999 10:44:00 PM
From: jeffbas	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21142

Would you please comment on YAHOO post 7944? I know you once told me that Internet delivery of movies was something like 5-10 years away. If this is feasible why are TW and others spending billions on settop boxes? One thing I think is wrong with the idea is that for the foreseeable future an inexpensive settop box plus a central server operation has to be a lot cheaper than much more expensive storage boxes in people's homes and a cheaper delivery system. How many megs is a movie? His idea of downloading in a few minutes sounds awfully fast versus what I can see my @HOME cable modem service capable of doing, especially if you have any "party-line" effect.