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To: Mark Oliver who wrote (1405)	1/26/1999 10:03:00 AM
From: Sam	Respond to of 2025

Mark, Thanks for posting the DSL article. I've been looking for something like that, although there is zero chance of getting it where I live. The paragraph, <<While $140 may sound like an exorbitant installation fee, in reality it is quite reasonable considering what U S West includes. With my MegaBit service I received: a 100baseT network card worth $50, a Cisco router (the DSL modem) with a value of at least $300, eight microfilters to plug my regular phones into so as not to interfere with the DSL, and for some reason they also included a $110 feature phone with caller ID.>> was especially remarkable. I guess Cisco deserves it high valuation, if their routers are going to be distributed to homes now.

To: Mark Oliver who wrote (1405)	1/26/1999 10:54:00 PM
From: Yogi - Paul	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2025

Mark, DSL/Cable wars---http://www.forbes.com/tool/html/99/jan/0126/feat.htm <<"People are attracted to content not technology," says Broadband's Brumfield. "The mass-market TV-centric version of the Internet is coming on the heels of the more elite subscriber-based version. What I think we'll start seeing in the next few years is that hyperlinked channels over digital television via set-top boxes with cable modems offering games, videos, commerce, whatever, are going to become so valuable that they'll pay for themselves. At that point the broadband providers could start giving away Internet access for free." >> Yogi

To: Mark Oliver who wrote (1405)	1/27/1999 10:58:00 PM
From: Dave Hanson	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 2025

FWIW: My Megabit DSL experience (Spokane WA) mirrors Mr. Strachman's almost exactly. Pricing was the same. In my case, the feature phone didn't come, so when I called to inquire, I was politely credited $105 instead--the maximum available to the customer service person at that time. (I wasn't complaining, since the phone retails for $110 and I had no use for it to begin with.) I regularly get 32K downloads with my 256K service, and my friend in Seattle reports he is getting 60+K downloads. Hooking the home LAN to this DSL line was comically easy. I was all set for a day of tweaking and add-on software customization, and was surprised when it was "plug and go." This despite USW's official line that multiple machines weren't supported. $50 is a conservative estimate on the NIC they sent me--a retail 3com Fast Etherlink card. More like $95 retail, $60 for a good sale. It's almost (but not quite) enough for me to keep it after TCI rolls out cable modem service to my area. :)