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Well, it seems Microsoft's Web TV in its attempt to control of the so called the highways of information technology will be more challenging to them than anticipated before.
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SUBJECT: MICROSOFT WEB TV SEEN FACING CHALLENGE-NYT
SOURCE: Reuters [WN] via First! by Individual, Inc.
DATE: September 11, 1997
INDEX: [6]
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NEW YORK, Reuters [WN] via Individual Inc. : A team of powerful cable-
industry companies is mounting a direct challenge to Microsoft's plan to use
cable television to dominate the Internet, the New York Times reported.
The companies are building a system that would be faster, cheaper and less
demanding of the consumer than Microsoft's current capabilities, the paper
said.
The system was developed by a small start-up company called Worldgate
Communications of Bensalem, Pennsylvania, but includes a number of backers,
including NextLevel Systems <NLV.N>, Scientific-Atlanta <SFA.N>, Citicorp
<CCI.N> and Motorola <MOT.N>, the paper said.
Worldgate plans within weeks to begin offering Internet service through a
set-top cable converter box, the existing television set and a remote
control for $12 or less.
The service would offer data speeds four times faster than the fastest
modem connections over conventional phone lines, the paper said.
The cable company would provide the convertor box as part of normal
service, and the consumer would not need a PC or any additional equipment.
Microsoft's Web TV service requires the user to buy a special $200 set-top
device and pay a $20 monthly fee, the paper said.
[09-11-97 at 05:58 EDT, Copyright 1997, Reuters America Inc. [Reuters [WN]],
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