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To: JayPC who wrote (16066)	10/8/1999 3:41:00 PM
From: Estephen	Respond to of 29970

Hindery leaving.. Message 10990407 here's the first rumor of I heard back in mid august.. The rumor was true !! what's that mean about an aol rumor? Actually I think athm will do fine without aol.

To: JayPC who wrote (16066)	10/8/1999 5:13:00 PM
From: E. Davies	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 29970

The Ether is a finite place when it comes to communications. Everytime I start to worry about being beaten by wireless or DSL long term I remember a quote from a certain physicist that frequents this board: "Nothing beats the physics of the waveguide" Dr. Ahhaha BTW: for those of you that don't know fiber and coax (cable) are waveguides while copper twisted pair (telephone)and wireless are not. Eric

To: JayPC who wrote (16066)	10/8/1999 11:48:00 PM
From: Educator	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29970

"I am totally unsold on Wireless taking everything over." Hi Jay- I caught the tail end of a show the other day...that's always my problem. I catch the tail end of everything (except my wife that is!). Just once I would like to catch an informative program during its beginning! Anyway, they compared DSL, Cable, & Wireless. They said DSL was a good near or short-term play, Cable the medium to long term winner, and Wireless the king of the future. They didn't exactly say those words, but that is what I inferred. The analysts feel that cable is a safe play. Boy this AT&T@Home is nice! Always on! In fact, I rarely even shut my computer down. It is amazing how much time you save when you eliminate the dial-up steps. That is worth the switch alone! Logging on to @Home is FAST! NO busy signals either! I can't even comprehend someone trying ATHM and going back to dial-up. It makes no sense. I also thought ATHM looked strong today. There was resistance at $50. I hope we will crack that next week. Have a good weekend! Ed

To: JayPC who wrote (16066)	10/9/1999 10:13:00 AM
From: edamo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29970

jay...re: "wireless thoughts from a non techie" applying common sense......in developed areas, where an existing "wired" infrastructure and right of way exists. there probably is no financial benefit to abandon same for "wireless" too many dollars invested by "wired" entities.......would question the technical ability of "wireless" to deliver reliable signal in highly concentrated urban environment such as manhattan,tokyo, london,mexico city. buildings being "wired" internally for distribution of signal....imagine the capital cost of "wireless" to "wire" interface in these areas. perhaps someday signals carried via carrier over electric utility lines? anything possible........as long as the earth remains round, a "wireless" signal can only be continual via retransmission.....