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To: Steve Porter who wrote (58558)	6/23/1998 1:11:00 AM
From: Dale J.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

who care's how much it can degrade if I can't get xDSL to start with. Steve, I care. I want video news clips, sports highlights, listen in Intel stock meetings, 3D reviews of the car I am going to buy etc. We need very high bandwidth otherwise the internet can't continue to progress. Dale

To: Steve Porter who wrote (58558)	6/23/1998 8:28:00 AM
From: rudedog	Respond to of 186894

Steve - Sure, a bird in the hand is worth 2 in the bush - but I can get ADSL service at my home now (SWBell). My sense is that cable companies will have a good run on this since they already have early penetration access and can service maybe 4M customers from their existing infrastructure. But given the going rate for cable modem access ($50 month) versus cable access for standard TV which can support about 1000 times as many users with the same head end gear ($50 / month), where will the money come from if cable is to expand infrastructure to support the new access? they are already under a huge debt load for their original franchise.