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To: E. Davies who wrote (19632)	2/13/2000 9:03:00 PM
From: ayahuasca	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 29970

Why do they release this stuff on a Sunday afternoon? It may not be a revelation but it is the kind of thing that might draw some desperately needed attention to the stock. ExciteAtHome joins WAP forum By William L. Watts, CBS MarketWatch Last Update: 1:19 PM ET Feb 13, 2000 NewsWatch REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (CBS.MW) -- ExciteAtHome announced Sunday that it had joined the wireless application protocol forum, a global consortium seeking to develop standards for wireless data and e-commerce transactions on the Internet. "We're committed to developing the forward-thinking applications for users that will comprise the future of the wireless industry," said Rob Wilen, head of ExciteAtHome's wireless operations. The forum is a consortium of handset manufacturers, wireless carriers, enablers and content providers. Wilen said joining the forum will advance high-speed Internet access provider's efforts to offer "the most personalized mobile portal." Excite (ATHM: news, msgs) currently provides mobile portal services to the Palm VII and AT&T PocketNet services. The services include a calendar, e-mail, lottery results, stock quotes, weather information, news and sports scores. Shares of ExciteAtHome lost 1 1/4 Friday to close at 34 3/16

To: E. Davies who wrote (19632)	2/13/2000 11:43:00 PM
From: sillen	Respond to of 29970

So if you buy the DOCSIS ready(?) USB cable modem you got the hardware in place. Now to the software: with a good manual and some user friendly guidance built into the installation of the software how hard can it be? I wonder if ATHM insists on having a cable guy come out to install the software....if so, someone has some serious rethinking do to. Still don`t know what the problems with self install are? Is it bad marketing? Not enough cable modems that are DOCSIS compliant? Price of a modem? Network management? Later Sillen