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To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (2576)	12/14/1998 3:23:00 PM
From: lml	Read Replies (1) of 12823

Frank & Thread: Just back from a family affair in Houston. Haven't had time to digest all these recent lengthy & content-rich posts. Anybody catch the DirecTV & USSB CEOs on CNBC 'bout a 1/2 hour ago to discuss the former's announced acquistion of the latter? Of relevance were comments by the DirecTV CEO regarding an impending announcement to deliver interactive broadband technology via its satellite infrastructure. Someone posted to me a short while back, here or some other thread, that the 2-way satellite solution was 'quite a ways off.' The DirecTV forthcoming announcement speaks counter to that opinion. Further comments welcome. This announcement is good news to me -- for I am in the process of re-visiting the wireless solution to my 'last mile' problem. The pricing appears to have dropped somewhat. I'm perfectly situated atop the Santa Monica mtns. with a clear view toward the southern sky. The reason I didn't pursue this solution 6 months ago was reliance upon an undependable upstream phone connection. I am considering going with both ISDN & DirecPC, but this news sounds promising. Anyone got an idea what Hughes-DirecTV might have up its sleeve? I think my cable company has been doing a dis-service to the LA community talking up Internet access for 2 years now & has not really done a damn thing. I read with interest the news article that someone posted recently where one community was considering levying a fine upon Time-Warner for a every day they fail to deliver Internet access past a certain identified date. I'd really like to understand the parameters of these franchise agreement that local cable access providers operate under. Shouldn't the local municipality be responsive to subscribers' needs or are they at the mercy of the existing cable operator based upon the franchise & other prior infrastructure agreements? Thanks in advance to any comments/responses.

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