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To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (2779)	2/25/1999 2:10:00 PM
From: Sam Citron	Read Replies (1) of 12823

"Some elements of the (ISP) community have argued aggressively and vigorously that we should be taking steps to insure that the cable coaxial pipe provides them access," Kennard said. "This is a serious issue and it's one that I believe we should continue to monitor very closely." To further clarify the open access argument (hopefully)... Please forgive my ignorance, but why should anyone need an ISP if they have access to a cable modem? Isn't the broadband provider providing all the functions that the ISP normally provides. I can certainly understand why the ISPs feel threatened by cable providers "stealing" their business, but I just don't understand what role an ISP can play in this context. What right do they have to insist that that the suddenly deep-pocketed competitor route to their soon to be obsolete facilities?

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