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To: Carol who wrote (21)	11/29/1997 2:22:00 PM
From: Barry Grossman	Respond to of 272

Carol, Michael is very prolific on cogent items. Here is one of Michael's lastest gems from the Intel thread. I'm reposting it here for our convenience to discuss this further. Internet commerce could grow to the $1 trillion-a-year range shortly after the turn of the century Message 2836694

To: Carol who wrote (21)	11/30/1997 1:44:00 AM
From: Krowbar	Respond to of 272

Hi Carol, You're right, your USR 56K modem isn't doing any better that a 33.6K because, most likely, your ISP doen't support it. USR jumped the gun with their 56K thinking that it would become the standard. It hasn't yet, and most ISP's don't want to make a commitment to new equipment until the dust settles. 56K flex modems might be that standard, which would not be compatable with the USR. It might not matter. We will probably be junking our modems in about a year or so anyway. Here is one possibility. NORTEL (NORTHERN TELECOM) AND ROCKWELL SEMICONDUCTOR SYSTEMS WORK TOGETHER TO DELIVER HIGH-SPEED INTERNET ACCESS TO THE MASS CONSUMER MARKET Market leaders take first step toward high-speed Internet access for the masses and plan to seek broad industry collaboration RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. AND NEWPORT BEACH, Calif, Nov. 17, 1997 -- Nortel (Northern Telecom) and Rockwell Semiconductor Systems have announced an agreement to enable high-speed Internet access to the mass market in 1998. The Nortel/Rockwell low-cost solution is 17 times faster than the fastest analog modem, and is easy to deploy in today's telephone network. Under the agreement, Nortel and Rockwell will work together to enable modems using Rockwell's Consumer Digital Subscriber Line (CDSL) chipset to interwork with Nortel's 1-Meg Modem network equipment. The joint solution would combine the power of the network and the power of the desktop to deliver "always connected" Internet access at up to a megabit per second with simultaneous voice service over a single standard telephone line. More at nb.rockwell.com Del

To: Carol who wrote (21)	12/15/1997 11:28:00 PM
From: greenspirit	Respond to of 272

Carol, I had some trouble with Explorer 4.0 too. When I went to boot my computer, I lost my mouse! What a shocker that one was. I struggled through the alt keys and finally shifted to a moving mouse which corrected the problem. Another problem I had was the charts on SI would not display correctly. I finally decided something must have went wrong with the installation process and completely unistalled it, then reinstalled it again. Has worked fine ever since. Have you tried this Shopping program? This type of software could be a huge hit in the future. What it does is search hundreds of stores for the exact item you are looking for. Very useful IMHO. Especially if your like me and hate the crowds at Christmas time :-) shoppingexplorer.com