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To: Johnathan C. Doe who wrote (19857)	4/17/1999 11:15:00 AM
From: checkmate	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 53068

Question to all. If I wanted to buy puts on an index that concentrated on Internet stocks how would I do this. An index such as XLK is not really an internet play as its major holdings are MSFT INTC IBM CSCO LU. Is there and index more into Amzn Aol etc. Why??? I fell the bubble will burst and I would like to play that with puts. Any help would be appreciated. CM

To: Johnathan C. Doe who wrote (19857)	4/17/1999 6:12:00 PM
From: DanZ	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 53068

Digital Modems JD, Thanks for the information on Ricochet. Unfortunately they don't have service where I live, and they don't even have service in the Atlanta airport where I normally change planes. They have an interesting service and I will check back periodically to see if they have expanded their service area. I'm not an expert on bandwidth issues, but I do know that there are dual band cellular phones that can be used in the analog mode with analog PCMCIA modems. I also found out that Sony makes a phone that is compatible with Sprint PCS that has a data port. I'm not sure how it works since Sprint PCS is entirely digital. The fact that one can connect a cellular phone to a computer leads me to believe that maybe the bandwidth issues that you brought up might not really be a big issue. I don't know this for a fact, however. Thanks again for your thoughts. Most of what you said sounds logical. Don't cut yourself short; you always did know your stuff when it came to communications technology. Some of the other things you did....well, we won't talk about them lol. Dan