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To: jeffbas who wrote (3370)	2/27/1998 12:47:00 AM
From: Alex Greenland	Respond to of 78517

One thing to be aware of, is xDSL takes off in whatever form is finally decided on by Intel, etc., ATHM cable modem will be given a run for the money. The most major draw back with cable modems is that the more people put on a loop the less bandwidth availible for everyone. Imagine a big data pipe flowing around your neighborhood with a limited through put. Each new person that is added syphons off a share of that bandwidth. So if only 10 people are on the loop each person gets 1/10 of the total. But if you only add 10 more people the amount of bandwidth to each person is now 1/20 and your speed has been halved. With xDSL you get a pipe directly to your house which you dont have to share with any one. I am not trying to be alarmist but this is a real threat/limitation of ATHM and cable modems. Alex G.