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To: steve s who wrote (14557)	1/8/1999 4:16:00 PM
From: FreedomForAll	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 21342

My cable modem (@home in Phoenix, AZ) is $30/mo for service if you have cable TV, $40 without cable TV. Plus $15/mo for the modem unless you wanna buy it for $300. (I figure by next year the modem will be obsolete, so why buy it.) My total is $45/mo with no usage charges and including 3 e-mail boxes. I eliminate the extra phone line that was costing $25/mo and eliminate the ISP that was $35/mo. (My wife also had an ISP account and I can use the cable modem to feed all my computers by using a Linux box as a gateway to the internet using IP masquerading, so I have 3 computers on the net simultaneously.) So I am SAVING $15 per month and get 1 MB to 3 MB speed to boot! (Sorry for the tech-speak.) David

To: steve s who wrote (14557)	1/9/1999 4:37:00 PM
From: Anthony Tsai	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21342

"Is the $39.95 per month your total cost or just for an access link, then another charge for usage time? Do you know other people personally that have cable modems in your area? Just wondering how fast the cable modems are spreading. I see projection figures, but nothing beats getting info from real people." The $39.95/month that I pay for my cable modem includes unlimited usage. There are no other charges for the service. But you do need to subscribe to cable tv with the cable provider here, of which I have for many years. You can check it out the service at optimumonline.com Anthony