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To: Benkea who wrote (10657)	6/6/1999 9:05:00 PM
From: Codee	Respond to of 29970

To: tom pope From: Codee Sunday, Jun 6 1999 9:03PM EST -Preview- People need to recognize that Portland is one city and really is not a big issue for cities like Seattle, LA, and etc... has already worked out a compromising deal with Ma Bell... I suspect Ma Bell will start a major campaign to end this minor nuisance in Portland...I say lets make an example out of Portland and let them miss out on the broadband era of the internet...we all know that the current state of e commerce cannot be tolerated for much longer, especially if the business communities around the globe are planning to incorporate e commerce into their operations...broadband is the future...but there are many other alternatives like ADSL, SATs, etc...this is one major flaw in the monopoly argument...plus one need to be given incentives/rewards for spending 'billions' to upgrade the infrastructure...if I was a businessman and the government wants to dictate my billion-dollar investment, curtailing my earning potential, I will leave... I think what will happen is exclusive play for the first 3 years so Ma Bell and recoup cost of investments and then they will open it up, but don't see the goverment (local or federal) able to tell Ma Bell how much they can charge other ISPs... @home will be fine...