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To: Teflon who wrote (19279)	3/30/1999 1:27:00 PM
From: RTev	Read Replies (1) of 74651

Is MSFT using US West lines to provide their MSFT DSL service in Seattle Great questions. I can't find out specific answers about the msn service, but here's some info about what they'd be competing with in one of the two places the trial is taking place. From the start, USWest's DSL lines have been open to other ISPs. Several local companies in Seattle and elsewhere have been providing DSL since the start of the service in July. (list: uswest.com I ended up getting everything (DSL+ISP) from USWest since their pricing was slightly better last summer, but one of the competing ISPs I looked at seemed to handle it this way: The ISP put their equipment in one or several of USWest's offices. The DSL line between my house and the ISP's equipment would belong to USWest, but would be billed to the ISP who would bill me. I'd deal only with the ISP for service and support. But since I opted for USWest on everything, they charge me on the phone bill for both the DSL line and the ISP service, and they "handle" (if you can call it that) service and support. What's interesting about the msn announcement is that they might be offering higher maximum speeds and lower prices than what's available already, but they'd seem to have no choice in Seattle at least other than use USWest's lines since there isn't yet a competitive local exchange carrier for residential lines. (There are a few business-only CLECs, however.)

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