Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Technology Stocks : LAST MILE TECHNOLOGIES - Let's Discuss Them Here -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (2811)	2/10/1999 11:53:00 AM
From: MikeM54321	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 12823

Frank, I seriously doubt I'll ever find out what went wrong. Customer service is terrible with Time Warner/Roadrunner. But what else is new. I not only had problems with SI(timed out 95% of the time), but also logging onto AOLnet via a TCP/IP hookup through RR(timed out 60% of the time). I called AOL and they blamed it on RR. I called RR and they blamed it on AOL. This is about the state of the art responses to everything nowadays. Consumer gets beat up badly in our new techno world. I don't think I will ever find out why it happened. But I do have to say, for one brief shining hour (about a week ago), the speed was simply fantastic! I've had the cable modem for a year now with so-so results. But for that one brief shining hour, I could see the real potential of what HFC network allows! It was just amazing how fast it was. In literally a blink of the eye, the entire web pages of every national and international newspaper, I have bookmarked, was on my screen. It's hard to explain what a difference RELIABLE bandwidth can make to those who have not experienced it. Just that one hour, really made me understand the future potential of the HFC network. Just imagine flipping through web pages as fast as you can change channels on TV! Imagine the applications the Internet will bring to hundreds of millions of people. But I bet that type of reliability (24 x 7) is at least 5 years off. MikeM(From Florida)