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To: ahhaha who wrote (13193)	7/31/1999 2:09:00 PM
From: red_dog	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 29970

I see your point and agree totally. I want to be able to review some full motion video excerpts and select which items to buyBut I don't think that you are as up to date as you should be. I just finished watching the five minute previews of 3 or 4 movies that have just come out and some that were just starting to sell there DVD's. As for the part "to buy" they also have that. Just click on and purchase. They have a few music vendors which I don't have all of there names at the moment. But you may try video and music in either format Real player or Quicktime and others. If you like them you buy them. I do agree that at night when you turn the lights down low you can capture that old feeling of being in those quiet poorly lit libraries. If you have used the new quicktime 4 you would realize that you can download and save any of the previews. I agree that it would be nice to just download the DVD that I just previewed and save it and play it later. Which I don't think is very far off. You will probably have a choice such to save forever one time play. Could go on but have to run. Regards Rg.

To: ahhaha who wrote (13193)	8/1/1999 11:47:00 AM
From: GraceZ	Respond to of 29970

The question to answer is what is made valuable by adding the fourth dimension via high speed access? Frictionless and direct distribution between producer and consumer.

To: ahhaha who wrote (13193)	8/1/1999 12:14:00 PM
From: Frank A. Coluccio	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 29970

Maybe the $20 rate would open up the demand floodgates and precipitate scaling problems. Scaling problems already exist in more ways than one. Implementation itself is one issue where scaling is hampered by manually intensive practices (truck rolls, fidgeting with PC controls, desktop nuances, etc.). Then there are the inevitable problems associated with scaling the "quality' of the service in many, if not most, areas, where the latest segmentation schemes (which are still in the trial stage) have yet to be effected in the real world. Once the trial results are in and approved, I think it's fair to state that improvements will be years into the future before a revamped environment is in place. This, immediately after tens of billions will have been spent achieving goals which were grossly shortsighted from the outset. What I'm referring to is the prevalence of 500 to 2,000 home segments, where more reasonably there should be no more than a couple of hundred, at the most, and optimally, down into the tens of homes per segment under the current topology and protocol rules. That is, of course, if the cable modem form of Interet access is ever expected to deliver anything more than e-mail and casual surfing features [downloads, news, limited transactions, etc.] in the future. To the extent that the higher price stems the flow at this time, therefore, I think your assessment about scaling is accurate. But, for more poignant and deeply rooted reasons than your initial message stated or implied. Regards, Frank Coluccio