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To: Educator who wrote (12716)	7/19/1999 11:28:00 PM
From: Nick	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29970

But even if tomorrow's numbers don't exceed all of the analysts whisper numbers, the last line in this paragraph says it all...We just need to be patient: "Keith Benjamin at BancBoston Robertson Stephens told EarningsWhispers.com there is a "moderate upside potential" for this quarter but most positive surprise will occur next year due to the growth in subscriber growth." Nick

To: Educator who wrote (12716)	7/20/1999 5:44:00 AM
From: E. Davies	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 29970

In conclusion, I see the magic number as being 640K tomorrow I think that growth of 150k (=610K) is more the right ballpark. We want an average of 180k per quarter. You have to grow into it a little. Sadly but not unexpectedly ATHM has had a declining growth rate from the very beginning and that will continue until self-install is available. On a vaguely ATHM related topic I'm looking for advice. My ISP just offered me 256k/64k ADSL service (maybe- if I'm not too far from the CO and a whole pile of other conditions) for $55/month + $134 startup fee. Cable (Roadrunner) is supposedly arriving EOY (guess 6 months). I have a laptop so I guess I'd need to buy an ethernet card to interface to the adsl modem too. So-- Do I take the adsl now or do I wait for cable? Opinions? The adsl comes from "the enemy" GTE. Anyone know about wireless connections between a laptop and the adsl/cable modem? Eric FYI here are some interesting facts about my dsl: Rate Startup Personal Bronze 256/64 Kbps $54.95 $134.00 Bronze 256/64 Kbps $149.00 $138.00 Silver 384/384 Kbps $299.00 $138.00 Gold 768/768 Kbps $399.00 $138.00 Platinum T-1 1.544 Mbps $599.00 $138.00 Platinum Plus T-1 1.544 Mbps $1099.00 $138.00 ---- How far from the central office does a person need to be in order to get ADSL service? This is not an easy question to answer. Here are some general rules. Loop limits: As a general rule, if your customers loop length is within 15k feet (cable length) of the serving central office, they would generally qualify for the Bronze and Silver ADSL packages. Within 11k feet, they would generally qualify for Gold and Platinum. There is no absolute guarantee Pair-Gain & Digital Loop CXR: A number of condo and apartment buildings are served by these concentrator systems which multiplex hundreds of POTS subscribers onto a single T-1 line subtended from the central office to the pair-gain device or use a similar DLC unit in order to conserve plant facilities. Because ADSL uses it's own form of line coding (DMT), a dry copper line is required. This means that all subscribers served from pair-gains or DLS's are automatically disqualified from receiving ADSL. In some cases, the condo or apartment building is exclusively served by such devices and in other cases they may be served by dry copper as well. Misc. Disqualifies/Interferes: Other disqualifies and interferes are bridge taps, load coils and repeater T-1 lines within the same cable binder as the subscribers POTS line that is requesting ADSL service. Bridge taps and load coils affect the high- frequency components of the ADSL signal while repeater T-1 lines contribute to excessive signal interference with the ADSL line. There is no hard and fast rule and so the loop qualification test it the only sure way to determine whether or not a subscriber qualifies for ADSL service.