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To: Scrapps who wrote (6224)	5/4/1999 4:13:00 PM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 9236

<<What ticks me off about cable modem access, though, is that the connection can become sluggish--sometimes for a day or more at a time--for no apparent reason. I'll often get download speeds 30 percent lower than advertised; other users in my area have suffered even slower transmission rates. On bad days, even connecting to a fast server at 2 in the morning makes no real difference. And from reading messages in the comp.dcom.modems.cable newsgroup, I'd wager that's a universal gripe. >> Scrapps: Thanks for posting the CNN article. I have posted a passage above that really hits home. It all has to do with DELIVERING on promises. @home and company have a great marketing campaign. Yet, can they really deliver for LARGE numbers of customers who are online at the same time..??? I have a number of friends with @home service (in Iowa, Washington, and CA). Many were initially impressed and now are starting to complain about the speed of their connections. IMHO, this is good for AWRE and its partners. My friends that do have DSL service through UsWest or Bell Atlantic are quite pleased with the service. I feel that the RBOCs may be able to switch many cable modem folks to DSL. I really feel that @home is very richly valued when you consider their lack of earnings and the service they deliver. They still have less then 500,000 subscribers. I am quite confident that ADSL has a good chance to become the dominant method of broadband hookup. It will depend on the price and the RBOC marketing campaigns. Lets hope that the key players continue to lisence AWRE technology. We have a lot of growth ahead of us. The need for speed is only going to increase <GG>..!! Best Regards, Scott