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To: LindyBill who wrote (15330)	1/31/1999 2:49:00 PM
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The cable companies have too much control. The other factor is that no new cable lines are necessary. These costs have already been incurred for the most part, whereas any alternative will mean a lot of costs to set up the network. I think this why AT&T got so interested in cable---internet and local phone access. I don't know how big TCI is---but if anyone has any information of what the ranking of cable companies in terms of size, I would appreciate it. Then there is Microsoft co-founder, Paul Allen who bought cable companies. Both Allen and Armstrong (AT%T) seem to be intelligent executives who realized how much potential cable has. (Actually Allen may not be that smart since he sold so much of his MSFT shares). Consider how interested MSFT got in cable. Their first big move was to invest in Comcast cable. That is what pushed up stock prices in cable companies--an endorsement in cable technology by Microsoft. To sum up---AOL has got the brand name but not the network it really needs.

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