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To: MikeM54321 who wrote (6465)	2/21/2000 1:10:00 PM
From: Frank A. Coluccio	Read Replies (2) of 12823

re: ISPs' rights of tv program providers I see this approach by the ISPs as a variation on a familiar theme used by the RBOCs in the past to achieve similar ends. During the Nineties, several RBOCs petitioned arguing 1st Amendment freedom of speech, and following each legal victory they were allowed entry into their respective cable TV markets. Of course, despite the "appearance" of a strong desire at program-orientation in one form or another in a few big-named RBOC/cross industry alliances --each of which proved to be disasterous-- in these earlier instances they were striving for the right to build their physical networks (all three: wireless, HFC and DSL based, depending on which BOCs and which parts of the country), but similar principles applied. This all was taking place when such notions as switched digital video (SDV) and open video services (OVS) were popular among service providers, as was provider-based (VOD). At that earlier time no one gave serious thought to ISPs eventually taking over all three domains: VOD, OVS and SDV (albeit, switched, here, may be traded for "routed" video services as in RDV<?>).

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