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To: ekn who wrote (421)	6/10/2001 6:56:15 PM
From: ekn	Respond to of 1715

An excerpt"--->Some other advantages for Set Top Boxes is their ability to provide an expansive array of applications, thus justifying their cost over a number of alternative communication devices including cable, Internet, and phone usage. If a Set Top Box, through home energy management saves you $17.00 to $27.00 dollars per month on your energy bill (an estimate made by the Tennessee Valley Authority), that savings alone will more than cover the initial cost of a Set Top Box. Plugging your home health care appliance (blood pressure cup, heart monitor, blood sugar monitor, or whatever) into your Set Top Box and sending real-time health care data to your provider enabling you to have real-time collaborative discussion with them is priceless. The benefits to education, retailing, advertising, financial services, and certainly to our beleaguered energy industry, each individually pay for the box, and collectively make the box a great idea.