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To: Steve Hausser who wrote (3954)	1/16/1999 8:14:00 AM
From: Steve Hausser	Read Replies (2) of 4748

AT&T TCI Merger May Get Approval Before the End of March January 15, 1999: Kennard Leans Vs. Unbundling Washington -- If FCC chairman William Kennard gets his way, the Federal Communications Commission will approve AT&T Corp.'s acquisition of Tele-Communications Inc. without mandating equal access to the company's high-speed Internet-access facilities. An FCC source said Kennard's current view is that he is "leaning toward" approval without the unbundling requirement. "I think that it makes more sense to look at [unbundling] in the context of the cable industry as a whole, rather than in the context of the merger," an FCC source familiar with Kennard's thinking said. That outcome would be a major setback for America Online Inc. chairman and CEO Steve Case. He personally lobbied Kennard and stirred policymakers with fears that AOL customers would be forced to pay unnecessary buy-through charges to the AT&T-TCI-owned Internet-service provider in order to reach their online and ISP choice -- namely, AOL. Kennard's posture will undoubtedly come as welcome news to TCI president and chief operating officer Leo J. Hindery Jr., who proclaimed last month that FCC-imposed unbundling of TCI's @Home Network Internet-access service would torpedo the merger. According to an FCC source, Kennard is apparently not persuaded that an unbundling edict related specifically to the AT&T-TCI merger is a prudent step. FCC sources said the agency will act on the merger before the end of March, even though Kennard said two weeks ago that the commission might need until the end of June.

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