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uf,
Here's hoping they have learned and improved <G>. So far no problems
here at all, but I haven't been on very long yet.
JimG
----- Original Message -----
From: Ullrich Fischer <uf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, October 21, 1999 7:33 PM
Subject: Re: ATHM
> 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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