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To: TokyoMex who wrote (2716)	9/1/1998 2:43:00 AM
From: Karim Allana	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29970

I presently don't hold any position in @Home (or any other stock), have nibbled in the past. I have cable modem from Palo Alto Cable Co-op. 500/100kb download/upload. The service costs $99 per month, and its worth it. I am jealous we don't have @home in our area. I think cable modem is a great up and coming technology. I was asking my Cable Co-Op how many subscribers they have and how fast they are growing. She said, 500 subscribers and growing at 10 installations per week. I asked how come the demand is so low and prices so high. She said, lack of capacity. The entire Palo Alto's cable system could only handle 10MB/Sec, therefore, they can't service too many people. Question for the thread.... Does @home have the same limitation. out of the potential 60,000,000 cable customers (TCI & Company), how much capacity does the existing system actually have? Is this why @Home growing slower than one would expect? Why hasn't sales exploded already? Downloads at a mere 500kb/sec is outragoues. I can't never go back to a 50kb modem. Thanks for your help. Karim