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Technology Stocks : METRICOM - Wireless Data Communications -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: rrufff who wrote (2564)	11/11/2000 5:42:44 PM
From: rrufff	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3376

For those that are trying to bash MCOM, greedy shorts, who are making the sames mistakes we longs made 6-8 months ago, i.e., it all looks great at the top vs. let's short at the bottom --- I've got 2 ADSL lines from Vz, paying $100/mo for each. I'm supposed to get 1.6 M. I rarely get above 360K. Today, on a busy (LOL) Saturday night, nobody else on, I'm getting 30K (yes I'm about ready to switch to the ole 56K modem). Overall, the service is much more reliable and stable than the modem but it gives me nowhere near what I'm supposed to get. Furthermore, it's down at least once a week, usually just for an hour or two. It's been down once every 6-8 weeks for periods of a day or more. My calls to customer service lead me through a bunch of tests. After the tests, they give me the diagnosis -"routing problem". Then the prognosis "we'll get someone on it and report it." Is VZ slimey or dishonest? I don't think so. We're in the beginning stages of an Information Technology revolution and this (as one of the Vz techs told me) "is just the way it is. " BTW, I also have the goofy web browser from Vz wireless. I'd say it works 50% of the time. It's slow, barely readable on my Qualcomm 860. Even if it worked and was quick, it's still not a computer. When R2 gets here, I'm getting rid of 2 ADSL lines and the goofy web browser. Net savings about $140/month. Even if I weren't going to save a penny, I'd still take true 128K from MCOM over what I currently have now. OK BrownFingers, go make up some more shyte and bash about cash burn 3 years from now, "you fricken moron." I think I'm somewhat objective. I've got holdings in COVD and RTHM as turnarounds, ditto LU and NT. I think there is a need for all the new technologies even cable (and I picked up HSAC another PA company, adding more last week at the lows.) I think MCOM will capture at least a couple of million subscribers over the next 2 years. It won't just be laptop users. It will be PDA people and those who are at desktops for a number of reasons, some of which I've expressed here and before.