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To: Steve Robinett who wrote (20710)	6/7/1999 2:46:00 PM
From: Vendit™	Respond to of 41369

Steve, It certainly looks like the cable companies will also have to open up to other ISP's as well and the analysts I have heard today said that Fridays ruling was only the beginning and they all stressed AOL as a clear winner from the ruling. Other cities? Other cities studying whether to try to force cable companies and telecommunications giants to open up their networks include San Francisco, Denver and Dallas, Jacobson said. The federal government has so far resisted getting in the middle of the cable-access issue. Earlier this year, the Federal Communications Commission declined to rule on whether cable companies hold a monopoly on the high-speed Internet access, saying such a ruling would be premature. zdnet.com As far as the bandwidth is concerned, you might find this weeks Super Com meeting in Atlanta educational. SuperComm '99, the annual gathering of telecommunications service providers and their growing vendor community, traditionally has been the place where "bits per second" rules - it's all about building the biggest, fastest networks with the most horsepower. In Atlanta this week, however, the focus has shifted to a different kind of speed - speed to market with new services. The competitive nature of the telecommunications industry is forcing carriers and vendors alike to focus on the practical, not the flashy. And so it is that even in high-speed Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) access technology, the biggest bandwidth braggarts instead will be touting the ease with which their systems can be installed in the network and operated. zdnet.com This is the worlds fair of technology events. Vendit