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To: Doug who wrote (3969)	4/1/1998 1:15:00 PM
From: pat mudge	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 18016

As a Consumer, I can only listen to the market. With the $200 modem comes additional monthly ISP fees. The market tells me that the total cost of upgrading to an ADSL mode is meeting resistance. Sales are not exploding. So far I haven't been given any options. Until a telco or ISP offers me highspeed service, I don't see how I as a consumer can vote. Did you follow what happened when USWest offered ADSL? uswest.com Read that from top to bottom and then we'll talk. Pat

To: Doug who wrote (3969)	4/1/1998 4:01:00 PM
From: micromike	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 18016

I disagree with you. The cost right now is expensive for ADSL but as technology improves the price comes down. Right now there is a change on how business is being carried on as in selling products and user applications and it is the internet that is driving the change. IMHO this new driving force will cause the need for speed to be very inportant and as the saying goes you snooze you lose. The NC is just starting to get developed and this device is a big bandwidth hog. Once the NC catches on there is no stopping the demand for bandwidth. Here is another up and coming future business check it out. 11 service providers sign up for Lotus' Domino Instant Host www5.zdnet.com Lotus Development Corp. has forged relationships with nearly a dozen Internet service providers and telcos in an effort to put its money where its mouth is: in the rentable applications market. --- JMHO Mike