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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: Ignacio Mosqueira who wrote (27829)	2/11/1998 1:48:00 AM
From: Marshall	Respond to of 33268

At least it gets better around this time every night (except on weekends). I've talked a bit with my ISP and they confirm it's work being done on the big pipes. I could accept having to put up with occasional slowdowns but I get a little worried when I recall the recent comments of WorldCom's COO John Sidgmore: "Bandwidth needs to double about 10 times a year, said Sidgmore, who spoke during the NationsBanc Montgomery Securities Conference. "The communications network of the 21st century will be built to support the computer-to-computer world, not to support human interaction," he said. "To get to grow 1,000 percent [a year], the technology doesn't exist today. ... Don't get depressed. We will find a way to solve this." techweb.com Of course some of the costs involved are starting to hit home. IBM just dropped their unlimited usage and AOL upped their rates by $2/mo but the slowdowns will continue.

To: Ignacio Mosqueira who wrote (27829)	2/11/1998 8:19:00 PM
From: Marshall	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 33268

"We're bullish on the technology, but we have certain business realities to satisfy," said Michael Heenan, a spokesman for the Pacific Telesis Group, based in San Francisco. "There are some regulatory phenomena that are disincentives for us to invest in a rapid, broad manner." (regarding higher home bandwidth) techweb.com On a different subject it's been a very trying day for me trying to use the net. Another talk with my ISP, they said this mess is hurting a lot of people's business. Apparently Sprint pulled some OC-3s offline the other day for reasons unknown. Take a peek at this during the day, especially the Mae-West Peers: trace.nap.net nap.net Here's NAP Net to SI - Sometimes good, sometimes a real mess: (reload a few times) trace.nap.net