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To: Slumdog who wrote (6223)	4/8/2001 1:45:37 PM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph	Respond to of 57684

>>Streaming audio and video require broadband connections to the Web. About 6 million Americans have such connections today, and their ranks are growing fast.<< Mark, this number has grown very quickly already. I believe only 18 months or so ago, it was less than half that. D, The current rollout of "broadband" is not really broadband in my opinion. I see most of the DSL connections at 1 mbps downstream and some at 1.5 mbps. Most of the cable firms are providing 1 mbps to 1.5 mbps. It would seem to have real broadband with streaming audio/video that fills the screen, 10 mbps are needed. Let's look at higher resolution digital photography. The recent digital camera I bought has a 64 MB compact flash card. A few pictures are taken and now to transmit them via the web, it still takes a fair amount of time at 1 mbps. Nah..broaddband has not even begun.

To: Slumdog who wrote (6223)	4/8/2001 4:37:00 PM
From: Mark Fowler	Respond to of 57684

www2.marketwatch.com Yahoo results won't surprise anyone At least they shouldn't after 2 warnings By Jennifer Waters, CBS.MarketWatch.com Last Update: 5:50 PM ET Apr 7, 2001 CHICAGO (CBS.MW) - Yahoo is the envy of every portal and portal-wannabe, with a coveted 185-plus million users worldwide. But its sales are dwindling quickly, it has no profits and it can't even craft a guess on financial results for the rest of the year. Heck, it doesn't even have a chief executive.