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To: ChinuSFO who wrote (18033)	5/22/1999 10:10:00 AM
From: tradesman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 41369

Extra, Extra, Read all about it! Link to San Antonio Express News business section with article on cable modem and Southwestern Bell DSL service coming to San Antonio. Somewhat interesting. I can tell you one thing about Paragon Cable, aka Time Warner. Once they get you on board, there's no end to their finding new and inovative ways to get into your pockets. Course, the phone companies are not much different. SWB is not too bad, but, ATT can (did) kiss my A$$ goodbye, and Paragon is about to. I'm goin' for the dish. expressnews.com

To: ChinuSFO who wrote (18033)	5/23/1999 3:57:00 AM
From: JB2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 41369

Chin: Internet receivers are only $79. I think we are a long way off from most households having networked pc's and hubs. That stil costs in the thousands. Currently the internet receiver market is dominated by Microsoft and they aren't doing much to promote it, because they want to sell software. In fact,they bought up the leading distribution cos. of them last year, it appears now in an effort to suppress them. But they won't be the only player for much longer. The advantage of internet receivers isn't just in the lower cost, but in convenience--they don't require the end user to use any software. The MS network handles all the software at their end and just pushes the info to the end user. This allows you to save your pc for functions that require actual computing power and keep it off the internet and away from viruses. With an i.r. you don't have to worry about keeping your virus protection software up to date. Also, i.r.'s don't require you to do any system administration or deal with glitches, bugs, or crashes. Believe it or not you don't need a pentium, or any computing power at all, to surf the web, send and receive email, play games, use spreadsheets or chat rooms, or even to trade online. It's just a big misconception that most people have, they've been programmed to think they must have a computer to do these things. Mitsubishi, Sony, and Phillips have been making and selling these settop boxes for several years, and they can be found in many department stores and most audio-video stores (like Good Guys, Circuit City). AOL has manufacturers making them right now, and is planning to take on Microsoft by selling their own this summer. AOL stock's glory days are behind it for 1999, but if there is any hope of it recovering this summer, their sales job of their i.r.'s could be key.