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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: Kashish King who wrote (28662)	5/1/1998 2:17:00 AM
From: Niels Larsen	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 33268

Not deployed far enough for years to be usable for people on the road, and once that happens, its not difficult to upgrade BT with such a feature (according to Barker, who I think can be trusted in this respect.) This had been turned inside out ad nauseam, its just that people with proper background (not me) have no time to rebut you. It is perhaps so, that many business owners out there think as you that this transformation will happen quickly, even though it wont; have seen this before when new technology became possible, it would take over immediately - not at all. Same here. But maybe Race should have included IP capability even though it wont be used, so that buyers feel they have a path to the future when it happens. Enough of my time for you. Goodbye.

To: Kashish King who wrote (28662)	5/1/1998 2:21:00 AM
From: Marshall	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 33268

Bandwidth needs to double about 10 times a year, said [WorldCom CEO] 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 And don't forget: Access charges could add up to 5 cents a minute on low-cost IP telephony calls, which could stifle the new industry, according to Probe Research consultant Hillary Mine. techweb.com Not to mention the downtime, the hackers, etc. etc and yes - still the latency that will always be inherent in an overloaded packet-switched data network. Perhaps in 3 or 4 or more years, but corporates are just now starting to realize the need for integrated access. It's too bad it took so long for the corporates to recognize this but luckily BT is even better than ever now. What was mentioned in that "letter" - financial services arena ?? Security and voice clarity. <grin><grin>