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To: Gerald Walls who wrote (77908)	4/7/1999 3:50:00 AM
From: The Duke of URL©	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

CompanySlueth/whispernumber.com just indicated the whisper number for INTC earnings is 1.15. Hooooowah.

To: Gerald Walls who wrote (77908)	4/7/1999 9:18:00 AM
From: Amy J	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

Re: "US West charges you for DSL in addition to the charge for your voice line." Most people already have one phone line. No need for a 2nd Re: "This, plus the facts that the charge does not include an ISP and the service" From winmag article: "PC access by cable will add about $40 to your monthly cable bill." DSL-Lite varies between $20 to $39 and ISP is $10/mo, so final total DSL bill is between $30 to $49/mo. With DSL, I'm removing my 2nd phone line (-$12) Re: "DSL....is a fraction of the speed of cable" From winmag article is: Cable operators sometimes quote speeds as high as 30Mbps, but you could only achieve this if you were the only user on a system [neighborhood loop] In the real world, expect [cable] speeds in the neighborhood of 400Kbps to 1440Kbps. Cable modem users reported download speeds ranging from a blazingly fast 9.45Mbps, all the way down to a torturously slow 23Kbps. On average, survey respondents were achieving speeds in the range of 300Kbps to 800Kbps; speedy, but nowhere near the 30Mbps some cable service vendors quote. winmag.com The DSL service promises speeds ranging from 64Kbps upstream all the way up to 7.1Mbps downstream. Re: "shows you that the Baby Bells still have the "We don't care. We don't have to. We're the Phone Company" attitude. From winmag: If DSL is so fast, why has it been so slow to catch on? The main reason is money. There's just less profit in DSL than there is in ISDN and T1, so telcos have been in no rush to push the technology. Re: "Customers must have existing telephone service" Most people do. I know someone who recently configured their home network for multiple PC access to the Internet w/ Linux for 3 Win PCs too. No extra cost for each PC access to the Internet. Amy J