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To: blankmind who wrote (18578)	7/2/1998 10:28:00 AM
From: joe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 45548

>>56k modems will lose out to cable and more likely adsl, because adsl will use the same copper wires, and not need phone company intervention to install. coms has both ready to replace analog modems when the time arrives.<< I would love to get over the 56K stuff and get onto the xDSL or Cable Modem. The problem, IMO, is politics, etc... not technology. Somewhat similar BS that 56K has had to go through. 3 examples: 1) I just read this morning that AOL (I live in the Virginia/MD area) is NOT allowing @HOME (cable modems) to connect to them...what kind of BS is this?? 2) Look how AT&T are getting treated because they want to buy TCI and want to implement cable modems and xDSL (I forget how this fits into their implementation scheme). Their plan is looked upon as very dubious by the street - rightly so. It's a lot easier to talk about than to do. (this is not the only gripe that the street has about AT&T/TCI merger, but a big part) 3) RBOCs for years have been talking about ISDN and xDSL...when are they going to do it?...by end of this year?...uhuh, right, very optimistic...and,what's everybody do till then, suffer with measly 33.6K or lower speeds?