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To: Paul Engel who wrote (78182)	4/9/1999 3:35:00 AM
From: Amy J	Respond to of 186894

From Red Herring: The broadband food chain Yahoo's acquisition of Broadcast.com serves as a forceful reminder that a whole new economic ecosystem is developing to support broadband-speed content. There are hundreds of companies in this space, almost all of which are relatively unknown. A few of these startups will rise to challenge the established players in existing Internet technologies and in broadcast. Consumer portals such as Yahoo, America Online, and Snap are only the most visible players in this space. New-media vertical portals are coming along as well, such as FasTV, On2, and Quokka. Sites like these are partly fed by companies like Virage, which indexes video, and Veon, which has tools and services that convergence content agencies need. This new media requires a new infrastructure. RealNetworks makes a piece of it, as do infrastructure equipment vendors such as SkyStream and International Fibercom. These vendors feed the network access companies that support broadband, from heavyweights like AOL and @Home to relative unknowns like Covad and SoftNet. - Rafe Needleman, Editor rafe-needleman@redherring.com LATEST NEWS * Yahoo leverages Internet wampum herring.com * Broadband portal is On2 something herring.com * Install your own DSL with Telocity redherring.com FURTHER READING * Snap sells speed redherring.com * Skystream fills the video void redherring.com * Virage unleashes video-search on Clinton testimony redherring.com * Quokka Sports readies for liftoff redherring.com * Make room for International Fibercom redherring.com

To: Paul Engel who wrote (78182)	4/9/1999 9:54:00 AM
From: xstuckey	Read Replies (5) \| Respond to of 186894

OTOTOT Paul, and anyone who cares to comment, Several years ago I had an extra phone line installed in my home just for internet access. I recently discovered that I am unable to connect to my ISP on this line at any rate over 26,400 bps. Using the same equipment, I can connect at 57,600 bps over the original phone line. When I called the phone company they informed me that they were obligated to provide a line that could connect at 19,200 bps, and I was "lucky you could get 26,400." Obviously, rapid access at residential rates is not the goal of Bell South. I think the type of line they added is called a "slick ??" Can you offer any suggestions ? Best Trading, X