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To: d[-_-]b who wrote (62836)	8/20/1998 3:07:00 AM
From: nihil	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Right on! You are farsighted. I just installed a NIC in my HO machine to hook up the the cable modem on Road-Runner. It cost more than $13.95 and I wish Toshiba had seen fit to include it. I think Intel's price cutting in the NIC business is brilliant and will make a few million interconnected computers grow into a billion broad-band interconnected computers much sooner.

To: d[-_-]b who wrote (62836)	8/20/1998 11:02:00 AM
From: Jeff Fox	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Eric, re:"wiring every room in my (under construction) house for two network drops, with four in the family room and six in my office" Thanks your reply... Yes, you are right in that networking is moving "home". Generally, however, I wonder if it won't be quite awhile before it amounts to many installs percentage wise. Besides, when you can buy a 10 Meg NIC for $13.95 Really? I had no idea prices had fallen that far. Pretty amazing as it was only a few years ago when it looked like the "bottom" would be over $75 per port! I wonder if this explains the stalling of 1394 (Firewire)?? I know they are quite different, but could 10bT hardware substitute? I do know that Intel's customers have balked at wanting 1394 integrated purely because of cost... Jeff