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To: pass pass who wrote (12360)	12/18/1997 10:44:00 AM
From: vegetarian	Respond to of 45548

>>3Com mgmt has shot themselves in the foot. Which is better than shooting oneself in the head which many stock buyers have done after the warning. Today we may have an earnings-related selloff in the afternoon.

To: pass pass who wrote (12360)	12/18/1997 10:47:00 AM
From: Duncan Lestina	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 45548

I've got a k56flex Rockwell modem and it works great and is cheaper too. I believe any profitability based on modem sales is a total wash out.

To: pass pass who wrote (12360)	12/18/1997 11:30:00 AM
From: Father E.	Respond to of 45548

How did you find that out? I would be interested to know what you think the cost would be to COMS Thnak you

To: pass pass who wrote (12360)	12/18/1997 11:51:00 AM
From: Moonray	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 45548

Cheap Ways to Hook Up means 100 Mln Internet Users in 1998 Framingham, Massachusetts, Dec. 18 -- Some 100 million people will have links to the World Wide Web next year as low-cost information appliances that hook televisions and phones to the Internet gain popularity, International Data Corp. said. In the U.S., a quarter of all households are expected to gain access to the global computer network. Online electronic commerce will top $20 billion, the market researcher said. The increase will be spurred by devices such as screen phones, TV set-top boxes, hand-held computers and video-game consoles that link consumers to the Web. These appliances, priced as low as $199, will threaten Microsoft Corp.'s dominant Windows computer operating system and expand the use of Sun Microsystems Inc.'s Java language, IDC said. "If you think $999 PCs turned the market on end, see what happens at $199," said Frank Gens, IDC's senior vice president of Internet research. About 18 percent of all U.S. households will be on line by the end of this year, up from 13 percent in 1996, according to a study by IDC/LINK, a division of International Data. o~~~ O