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They always tell me their server or router related. -uf
At 07:49 PM 10/21/99 -0700, you wrote:
>uf,
> So far, so good here, but that's on a very limited sample of about
> one week. Jones cable just put in all new fiber here about a year ago,
> so that may help. Are the problems there cable or server related or do
> you know?
>
>JimG
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: <mailto:uf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>Ullrich Fischer
>>To: <mailto:metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>Sent: Thursday, October 21, 1999 3:07 PM
>>Subject: Re: ATHM
>>
>>Another data point for you, Jim: I've had @home cable modem service from
>>Rogers Cable in Canada for the past month and a half. The service has
>>gone down on average 1.5 times per week for an average of 10 minutes at a
>>time. Today, it was down for about 1/2 hour during trading hours. I
>>had one short position in MO open at the time, fortunately, it kept going
>>down until the service came back up. When I called @HOME tech support,
>>they had a canned message saying they know they have problems with the
>>server for my area but don't know when it will be fixed.
>>
>>When the service is up, it is great, but reliability needs a bit more
>>work. If I had a choice between DSL and Cable modem in my area, I think
>>I would go for DSL.
>>
>>-uf
>>
>>At 09:09 PM 10/20/99 -0700, you wrote:
>>> ALL,
>>>
>>> I think today gave me a good clue to the question of is the
>>> correction over or are we starting on a bear market. Both the NASD and
>>> the NDX made a strong bounce off the bottom of their Intermediate Term
>>> Up Trend Channels. Also while all the other indices I watch remain in
>>> Short Term Down Trend Channels they all also made strong up moves. It
>>> would be premature to say that we had a market correction and it s over
>>> before the other indices break out of their down trends, but I m going
>>> to nibble based on today s strong hint. Since the NASD and OEX are the
>>> ones in up trends, I limited my candidates to the Internet and high
>>> tech stocks. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns =
>>> "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />
>>>
>>> I finally narrowed my choice down to At Home Corp (ATHM). The
>>> story here is that I just switched to a cable modem from ATHM and Jones
>>> Cable TV and I m greatly impressed with their service. I download at
>>> 100 times the speed of my old 56k modem and upload at twice the
>>> speed. That got me curious and when I looked into ATHM in more detail,
>>> I found that they are adding customers at an astonishing rate. Based
>>> on my own excitement and pleasure with the fast Internet access, I
>>> really think this can be a big winner. I haven t got time to go into
>>> the chart tonight, but I have posted it. Just click on the symbol
>>> below to see the chart. You will see that it is typical of my usual picks.
>>>
>>> See Chart at
>>> <http://www.geocities.com/jimginva/>http://www.geocities.com/jimginva/
>>>
>>>JimG
>>>
>>>
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