Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Technology Stocks : Nokia (NOK) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: LarsA who wrote (7932)	10/27/2000 10:26:54 AM
From: JohnG	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 34857

LarsA. As you drive down the road, do you navigate by looking in the rear view mirror? So what is your present internet commection speed--56K? There is no reason why the internet backbone csnnot be improved to catch up with higher access rates. JohnG

To: LarsA who wrote (7932)	10/27/2000 10:30:26 AM
From: washcapsfan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 34857

"what on the internet are you going to use your 2 megs for?" You are right, bandwidth, particularly the "last mile" and more specifically the connection into a computer has been a major technical challenge for several years. HDR can obviate the need for cable modems, DSL lines etc. as a last mile solution as data can go straight into your hard drive via wireless connection. Once you have that, you can watch you favorite football (American or real) games, full motion, full screen...none of this stop gap internet television crap. If you open your mind to that kind of wireless "bandwidth", the possibilities are somewhat staggering. "If you build it, they will come..."