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To: Im-patient who wrote (2441)	4/24/1999 1:22:00 AM
From: Scrapps	Respond to of 2493

Here are some additional links that may help you research your LAN choices.. uawg.org homepna.org homepna.com tutsys.com It's hard to stay current with these technologies with them changing so fast.

To: Im-patient who wrote (2441)	4/24/1999 4:40:00 AM
From: Carl Hindman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2493

DLS modems are 'on' by default " Okay...I'm to assume that it's a DSL of some flavor cause of the speed of transmission...and therefore, I can expect that to mean that I can make a call to my ISP...sign on....start surfing....then pick up my dial phone...and make a call to another number... Right?" You won't need to make a call to the ISP. ADSL uses the bandwidth above the first 4 kHz, (where voice is) to implement data xmssn and reception. An ADSL connection is always 'on', so the same phone line can be used to make calls. ADSL is basically a frequency division multiplexing scheme, using what amounts to a digitally implemented bank of modems. The hangup with DSL is the length of line from your phone to the 'central office' and whether there are things called loading coils in that line. If your distance under about 2 miles and there are no loading coils you're in and it should work, at least in the G.LITE version. Don't hold your breath waiting for your telco to implement DSL, however since they have to have a dedicated DSL modem bank on the other end and that spells $$$$$$. Also if everyone starts using DSL there may be a crosstalk problem. Someone said that @HOME was killing the modem market. With only 500k subscribers that can hardly be the case yet. What ate ZOOM's lunch was 3COM's (US Robotics) OEM contracts, and the inevitable drop in retail prices that come with mature technology, which because of the X2/Kflex fiasco was the case by the time we got to V.90 and most people in the aftermarket felt comfortable buying a 56k. Most new PC's already come with a 56k modem. Putting a DSL modem as standard in the new generation sub $1000 PC's will be an entirely different matter however and I think the limiting factor will be deployment by the telcos. The only way I was able to profit from ZOOM was to buy the stock last fall at what I thought was a low ($3.50) and sell when their name became confused with Xoom.com in the days just before the latters IPO when ZOOMs shares popped to 8 bucks. Great example of brilliant strategic investing huh :). Maybe someone out there can guesstimate the market for ZOOM's home connectivity products and tell whether it's likely to be of enough benefit to the bottom line to help the shares.