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Technology Stocks : ADSL IS DEAD -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: LiPolymer who wrote (68)	2/22/2001 9:08:55 AM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 135

You sound like ZO, Lipopotamus!

To: LiPolymer who wrote (68)	2/23/2001 7:05:44 AM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 135

ADSL is the "killer" application. It killed the telecoms boom. "...emerging carriers, such as DSL (digital subscriber line) service providers, have been struggling financially and won't be able to buy as much equipment as in the past..." We had last year an artificial market created around telecom vendors selling, with vendor financing, to ADSL operators. Once this credit lines banished, the truth came to the surface. This is how many crisis started. Asia in 1997/1998 and developing countries in the early eighties. news.cnet.com

To: LiPolymer who wrote (68)	2/23/2001 10:37:22 AM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 135

"Key to KPNQwest's announcement was the decision to withdraw from providing pan-European DSL services. This was followed by a number of high profile withdrawals from the U.K.'s DSL trials. Incumbents could squeeze the market further by reducing Internet service rates on integrated services digital network (ISDN) to near dial-up costs." It is not going to take off here either.

To: LiPolymer who wrote (68)	3/23/2001 4:57:14 AM
From: elmatador	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 135

At this point it is clear that the sale process to which we have dedicated much effort has not yielded long term financing, or a strategic partnership that will allow NorthPoint to continue its current level of operations. As a result, the cessation of services to our customers and the complete shut down of our network is imminent. We will take the following steps: 1) effective immediately all pending orders will be held until further notice and 2) effective March 23, 2001 we will no longer accept new orders and will cease all new service installations. We urge you to take immediate action to secure alternate services for your needs. AT&T bought what was left. biz.yahoo.com northpoint.net