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To: Yeadon who wrote (3865)	3/20/1998 11:53:00 PM
From: van wang	Respond to of 4429

that was an enjoyable post... to add..the amazing thing is that we dont even have buyout rumors to prop this bastard child of the communications family of stocks and with my others stocks..some that havent perform, mgmt was disappointed that their efforts had not resulted in increase shareholder value

To: Yeadon who wrote (3865)	3/21/1998 1:06:00 AM
From: DanZ	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4429

Yeadon, About a year ago, there was a lot of hoopla from RBOCs saying that people were tying up switches by staying connected to the Internet for hours on end. It raised quite a stir at the time because the RBOCs said they needed to raise rates to build up their infrastructure so they could deal with the problem. They said the problem was so serious that it threatened the entire voice phone system and that people wouldn't be able to get through to 911 for emergencies or make voice calls. DSC came on the scene with the Internet Cutter product which they claimed would be a big seller. I'm just curious if you know why they haven't been able to sell one yet? Is it because a competitor has a better product, or because this isn't really a problem and the RBOCs were just using it as an excuse to get regulators to approve their request for a rate hike, or are the RBOCs dealing with the problem in another way? Thanks, I sincerely appreciate any insight you have into this. Dan