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Technology Stocks : Data Race (NASDAQ: RACE) NEWS! 2 voice/data/fax: ONE LINE! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: stak who wrote (27520)	1/27/1998 8:25:00 AM
From: MadMax	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 33268

Why all of the talk about cable modems??? Shure, in twenty years or so they may be available in many areas and become popular, then again, wireless may knock the socks off of them by that time!!! - What we are talking about with BT is a product that provides unbelievable convenience for the user, saves on second or third lines, their charges and phone call charges, long distance calls, call forwarding, exorbitant cell phone charges and fees, is useable anywhere a phone jack appears and is available off the shelf right now. - That product is BT!!! - Keep in mind that 95% of telecommuters will be served adequately with BT's speed, etc. Those that aren't may need IDSN lines, etc. which DR is about to market a product for!!! - Those with needs beyond that may better evaluate the cost advantages of telecommuting in the first place.

To: stak who wrote (27520)	1/27/1998 4:45:00 PM
From: stak	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 33268

>>In two days of conferences,27 out of 32 general conference sessions were about voice over the Net. Case after case was made for using Internet connections to do voice transmission using IP addressing.<< >>1. According to Data Communications, the average cost of a phone call is 6cents a minute for a domestic call and 25 cents a minute for an off-shore call. Using packet voice technology over a voice virtual circuit drops the costs to 1.8 and 12 cents a minute, respectively,and using packet voice over a data virtual circuit drops the costs to zero. <<<<< these numbers surprised me. techteam,marshall,rod et al any comments thanks in advance stak