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To: who cares? who wrote (2937)	12/14/2000 7:29:10 AM
From: rrufff	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3376

You're showing your agenda. Did you actually read my post. DSL is not proven and you can ask those that use it. I'm not getting anywhere near the speed I'm paying for. In fact, the end user speed (as opposed to promised numbers) is very close and you get WIRELESS. (As I posted, I can now get rid of 2 DSL lines and the goofy web phone browser. I will have WIRELESS on my laptop.) What part of that do you not understand? You shorts, who so blindly follow your leader, have found that your shorting at the bottom is just as bad as longs buying at the top 6 months ago. You have been wrong since 5 5/8 when your leaders came on here and boasted. You have been met by real buying. The patterns have changed. The trend is up. You are fighting the trend and you will lose. You have made me a lot of money and I hope you continue.

To: who cares? who wrote (2937)	12/14/2000 8:59:21 AM
From: John Curtis	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3376

C.M.: I tend to agree with some aspects of your commentary of the situation, although I also tend to see xDSL technology as still "a'birthing" rather than your inferential "proven." Where xDSL is concerned I say give it a solid 5 years before all the kinks, across the continent, are truly worked out. In the interum those (like me) who chose it need to consider themselves high-tech "pioneers" and take solice in that. HEH! Ahem However, Rruff has his point(s), too. MCOM's technology works, albeit at this phase in the rollout one must allow their coverage is spotty. But Rruff's enthusiasm does have merit, from a business point of view. Is R2 slower than xDSL? Absolutely. Be that as it may, in Corporate America the R2 speeds MCOM can provide are more than enough to manage remote employee needs (and I daresay the same can be said for your average remote consumer). And these employees could be service people, sales people, managers, traders, you name it...if they have a need to be remote on more than a casual basis then this is the system for them. Also, notice that when I refer to remote employees I don't necessarily mean those who travel all over the country. Typically speaking, that's the "high-end" few who do this. The majority of remote employees are typically regionalized across specific metro areas. IMHO, of course. But just like xDSL technology, R2 (and its future generations) will probably continue to suffer birthing pangs, not the least of which will be technical (rollout issues, if any, etc.). This is to be expected. I do find intriguing the fact MCOM has focused, initially, on a goodly percentage of "tier 1" metropolitan areas like NYC, Boston, Atlanta, etc.. This speaks directly to their business plan, no? A plan that seems to target the aforementioned regionalized (is that a word? heh) majority. The rest is about execution. And that I continue to monitor with interest. Bottom line? To me MCOM, at this stage in the game, is to wireless internet connectivity what plain old cellular phone service was to the business community a "mere" fifteen years ago or so. A start-up, initially spotty coverage, gamble that what they can provide will find strong merit across the market sector(s) they are targeting. The next year should provide the yes or no vote to this question. And in this regard I don't think we'll have to worry about pregnant chads. ;-) John~