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To: Keith Howells who wrote (3124)	1/22/1999 11:24:00 AM
From: Ed Forrest	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 41369

Keith Could you comment on the quality of Cable modems vs ASDL. Thanks Ed Forrest

To: Keith Howells who wrote (3124)	1/22/1999 11:43:00 AM
From: Steve Robinett	Respond to of 41369

Keith, I guessed 2-3 years for AOL to deal with the bandwidth problem based on @HOME having about 300,000 current customers, not many by Internet standards. The reason is obvious. It takes time to wire the world for two-way cable. AOL has a peculiar problem. Conceptually, AOL was designed to work over phone lines. To be as available to cable modem users as they are to phone line users--that is, available everywhere--they have to either cut deals with every cable company or cut one with @HOME itself. Over the last 6-8 months, Comcast put fiber optics in my neighborhood to accommodate cable modems. One of my neighbors, an AOL users, values AOL enough to pay 9.95 to access AOL while using @HOME for internet access. Ultimately, what AOL probable wants--what I would want if I were Case, Pittman, et al--is for anyone to access AOL no matter how they access the internet, phones, cable, wireless. Best, --Steve