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To: stockman_scott who wrote (1486)	5/6/1999 5:36:00 PM
From: Xenogenetic	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 4337

I feel there is too much hype behind ATHM. They still have less than 500,000 subscribers and are burning through cash like its going out of style. Every business has to start somewhere. AOL once had only 500,000 subs also. More importantly they are better at marketing than delivering a high quality, reliable service. They have not even launched a concerted advertising push. Also, I have had the ATHM service for about a year and have had no problem with the service. I have a number of friends (in Iowa and CA) that have switched from @home to DSL service. And they're glad that they did. Strange, a couple of my friends have @Home and love it just as much as I do. In the next 3-5 years I expect DSL to become more dominant than cable modems. Just my views. Its possible, but I think cable will dominate. Why would companies such as MSFT, for example, invest so heavily (over 7 billion) in cable/broadband companies such as CMCSK, UPCOY, RoadRunner, NTLI, and T if they did not feel cable is the superior medium? I guess its safe to say that I am on the other side of the spectrum in relation to you in that I feel DSL is overhyped and that DSL usage in the coming years will resemble the ISDN usage of today. Comments? Corrections? Take care. -Adam