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To: Win-Lose-Draw who wrote (187077)	8/11/2002 11:02:09 AM
From: Les H	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 436258

CompUSA is now allowing trade-ins on pc's. believe it's $ 400 for 550 Mhz or faster and $ 600 for a high-end apple notebook. plus 18 months to pay for the new pc. looks like the back-to-school sales are going very badly.

To: Win-Lose-Draw who wrote (187077)	8/11/2002 11:50:17 AM
From: BDR	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

<<a federal public works-style "Broadband in every home" initiative to boost the tech sector. is that progressing at all>> It is an initiative promoted by industry but I don't know how well they have been able to sell it to the politicians. It looks like how one feels about the initiative may depend on what one thinks of government intervention in the private sector (see links below). If the Ag support bill and steel import tariffs can be passed in a time of economic slow down and budget deficits, $100 billion of tax subsidy to enable every home to view live porn sites in real time may have a chance. (g) Meantime my DSL connection works just fine for text. The deployment of broadband to all Americans should be a national vision nwfusion.com Technology Network (TechNet), a national network of CEOs from leading technology companies, supports the goal of making a 100M bit/sec broadband connection available to 100 million homes and small businesses by the end of the decade. One of TechNet's leading policy priorities is the Broadband 2010 Initiative Federal support of a national broadband initiative is not needed nwfusion.com The TechNet people are incredulous that "only" 12% of the homeowners who could get broadband have it; I am incredulous that we have gone from 4% to 8% to 12% in just three years. Remember, it took 20 years to get VCRs in more than 90% of the homes. TechNet isn't satisfied with getting just 1.5M bit/sec service to the home; they're pushing for 100M bit/-sec. The real cost will be $100 billion, which is as much as we have put into the ground since Alexander Graham Bell started.