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To: Trey McAtee who wrote (13633)	10/19/1998 7:20:00 PM
From: Chemsync	Respond to of 21342

DSL modem standard due soon By Jim Davis Staff Writer, CNET News.com October 19, 1998, 12:20 p.m. PT update Consumers may move a step closer toward high-speed Internet access at home, as a preliminary standard for digital subscriber line modems is expected to emerge by the end of the week. Participants in the standards setting process, including representatives from companies such as Intel, report that a preliminary, or "determined," standard for DSL modems will likely be set by Friday at a meeting of the International Telecommunications Union. A variety of companies are collaborating on a standard for so-called G.lite DSL modems, which would offer consumers download speeds of up to 1.5- mbps. This is many times faster than today's 56-kbps dial-up modems and close to speeds achieved on cable modems. The DSL standard would ensure all DSL modems could speak with one other, meaning that customers won't have to worry about what technology to buy. DSL standards "will be a major step towards the availability of reliable, compatible and maintainable ADSL (asymmetric DSL) products," said Ken Krechmer, technical editor of Communications Standards Review, in a written report on the proceedings. "One of the keys to the mass deployment is standardization, which allows a situation where an end-subscriber can comfortably buy a modem and be reasonably assured that they [can move to a different location] and have it work," agrees Claude Romans, senior analyst with communications consulting firm RHK. Estimated number of cable vs. DSL Net subscribers Year Cable DSL 1998 260,000 112,000 1999 500,000 380,000 2000 1,000,000 1,000,000 2001 2,000,000 1,900,000 2002 4,000,000 2,600,0

To: Trey McAtee who wrote (13633)	10/20/1998 1:00:00 PM
From: Johnathan C. Doe	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 21342

Trey, you really shouldn't be trading tech stocks; you don't seem to understand how they trade at all. To have continued negativism when it is clear what has happened with all the techs, which is another of the great shakeouts; well, you just should trade techs stocks IMO. I would have bought more, but there were so many bargins, I couldn't decide which ones to pick. They are all coming back; most double your money or better off the lows 2 weeks ago. When the selloff looks ridiculous and then gets outrageous; that is the time to buy. You're just one of the lame types that base comments on the company and management on the chart and ignore the market behavior at large just because your stock isn't doing what you had hoped and you have to vent. That is the lowest form of posting on SI IMO. Anyone can bellyache about the chart or if it is up talk about how the sky's the limit.