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To: BillyG who wrote (37518)	11/30/1998 3:37:00 PM
From: Stoctrash	Respond to of 50808

RE; Msft-Amd-Nsm... Surely they could have added a few more underdog chip stocks to that list... <GGG> LOL (can't fault me for wishful thinking!!!)

To: BillyG who wrote (37518)	11/30/1998 4:12:00 PM
From: DiViT	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 50808

@Home to limit video downloads news.com @Home to limit video downloads By Corey Grice Staff Writer, CNET News.com November 30, 1998, 11:50 a.m. PT @Home Network will limit the length of broadcast quality video downloads over its high-speed cable network, the company revealed in its latest regulatory filing. A quarterly filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission shows that the company has limits on "streaming video services that include video segments longer than ten minutes in duration." @Home executives said the limits apply only to broadcast-quality video segments that carry images at a speed of 30 frames-per-second--a technology that few, if any, Internet companies are currently delivering. Most streaming video over the Net occurs at 15 frames-per-second. Cable systems are divided into several 6 mHz channels. For example, a system with 750 mHz of power has the capacity to deliver up to 125 channels. @Home's high-speed network occupies the same space on its cable operator partners' systems as a standard television program, one 6 mHz channel. So there is currently no way for @Home to deliver TV-quality video--plus data services and Internet access--in that same space. "There's no technically feasible way to do it on any network," said @Home spokesman Matt Wolfrom. "If every user wanted to suck in TV quality video it would bring down any network." The 10-minute time limit serves as a reminder that, despite the industry's efforts, broadcast-quality video-on-demand, full half-hour newscasts, or downloadable movies are still far from being a reality. @Home believes the ability of "multiple users to access video-on-demand at TV quality over a single channel is nowhere near reality in the next five years." [snip]