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To: oilbabe who wrote (2628)	7/14/1999 7:39:00 AM
From: polarisnh	Read Replies (3) of 4298

oilbabe, I can't imagine it will be very good for AT&T but I think that ATHM will get it worse since AT&T is diversified into other telecom industries. ATHM on the other hand is really the company that this ruling is directed at and if not successfully appealed it be significant. I think that you will see the FCC step in under AT&T pressure to stop this nonsense. If they don't there won't be any incentive for AT&T or other carriers to complete the build out of the CATV infrastructure to support Internet connectivity. That is the last thing that the FCC wants. That is the reason that the FCC will step in and stop this county-by-county or city-by-city ruling baloney. The local governments while wanting to preserve an open architecture are going to shoot the rest of this industry in the foot. It is more important to this country at this point in time to allow big business a 'slight' pricing advantage as a reward for sinking their capital into a massive undertaking like this. Provide reasonable pricing to AOL and other ISPs but you have got to allow the company who is forking over the big investment capital some type of advantage or they won't make the investment at all! Cheers, Steve

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