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To: TheSlowLane who wrote (5720)	5/5/1998 11:26:00 AM
From: James Fink	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12468

<<Those of us with a grip on the industry understand that there is no one single technology that will exterminate all others.>> Paulie, You just don't get it. The article from my previous post says that cable is SUPERIOR to wireless broadband. WinStar's technology cannot compete. See below: "Business customers are also a target, and the group wants to persuade businesses that cable is the superior delivery for enterprise-wide business applications such as telecommuting through virtual private networks, so-called called corporate Intranets and electronic commerce."

To: TheSlowLane who wrote (5720)	5/5/1998 11:30:00 AM
From: James Fink	Respond to of 12468

More competition for WinStar's inferior technology: May 5, 1998 U S West Begins High-Speed Internet Filed at 10:08 a.m. EDT By The Associated Press ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) -- U S West Communications Inc. has launched its high-speed Internet service that company officials say is 250 times faster than traditional modems. The ''turbocharged'' telephone service, called Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line, offers residential and business customers a continuous digital connection to the Internet. Customers also can make or receive phone calls on the same line while accessing the Internet. ''Today there is no more World Wide Wait,'' U S West Communications President Sol Trujillo said. The service debuted in Denver and Boise, Idaho, and is scheduled to be available by June 1 in 24 more cities in Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota and Utah. U S West's service is the first of what is expected to be a wave of methods aimed at increasing Internet efficiency. Cable TV giant Tele-Communications Inc. has plans to launch high-speed cable Internet service in parts of the Denver suburbs later this year.