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Technology Stocks : Westell WSTL -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Charlie Smith who wrote (11296)	6/5/1998 11:52:00 AM
From: Vladimir Zelener	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 21342

Charlie, << BEL's initial price point of $70 per month for 640Kbps plus $200 for a modem plus $99 for installation is a non-starter here in Pittsburgh. >> I agree with you that the price seems to be quite high for consumers, but is not bad (just IMHO) for businesses which a renting T1 lines at much higher rates. If you think that ALA by reducing CO's modem price from lets say $500 to $300 will substantially improve BEL's offering, then I disagree. The difference in $200 in 5 year depretiation scenario translates into $3 to $5 a month. The major cost is the backbone. Several more issues to consider: what are your alternatives in Pittsburg?? Do you have @Home or Time Warner's data-cable available as alternative? Would you tolerate bandwidth sharing and quality of service from cable cos, as opposed to BEL?