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To: lloyd bashaw who wrote (833)	12/4/1997 5:03:00 PM
From: Bob Zacks	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 29970

Reuters released the news at 4:05. Was the news avaliable anywhere before the market closed? Any guesses on tomorrows price action. On another note , while I slog along at 28,800 kbps always hoping for a faster service to come along it happened. The trouble is I won't pay the ridiculous price. I read the ad in PC magazine for Direc PC's turbo internet (a satellite system using a phone line return ),200,000 kbps they say for 19.95. To good to be true and it was. $600 for equiptment + instillation ,then the monthly charges :19.95 for turbo + ISP charges 19.95 + local telephone charges and line charge $140 for me on average + 50 Cents per meg per hour between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. (the rep I spoke to said ' About $4 per hour) $80 - $100 for a grand total of between $260-280 PER MONTH . I wish I could get @home for $39.95.

To: lloyd bashaw who wrote (833)	12/4/1997 5:32:00 PM
From: FR1	Respond to of 29970

Very big is right. Microsoft was probably the biggest threat to @Home - with their billions of investment dollars you want to find some way to partner with them so they have a way to make money when you make money. Otherwise you are the enemy. I began to wonder about this a few days ago when we read that interview that was posted with @Home exec who was talking about how Microsoft is in the office every day with programmers. He went out of his way to point out that @Home is not married to the Netscape anti-Microsoft forces. Big, Big, Big move at the right time. Notice how @Work is now in hotel chains for business travelers? Works perfect with this news. NT and IE4 will be on the machines so you can do remote work just like you were a node on the net in the office. Fits perfect into Microsoft database structure and everything. The basic idea is that you do not need a multi-thousand dollar portable computer (which is the most stolen item around and out of style in 6 months). Just show up with your body. Next item? Convention centers, and any place business people have to stop in their out-of-the-office travels.