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To: MikeM54321 who wrote (11239)	6/14/1999 5:52:00 PM
From: Frank A. Coluccio	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29970

Hi Mike, I don't think that I stated an opinion as to what I thought GTE's motivation was in this situation, in reply to your statement: "I don't understand what you are saying GTE's purpose was for making this rather strange announcement?" If my conjecture is correct about their modality as a common carrier in this instance, and to a great extent you have corroborated this, then I think that we could conclude that this demo will assist GTE in drawing more ISPs to their venue, thus increasing the fare they could extract for cable modem services. Why choose AOL to partner with on such a demo? Who else would they draw in to prove the point, if not the largest of them all? If I were a more suspicious soul, I'd suspect a possible pact with AOL on some level, whereby the demo serves multiple purposes: First, as you say, GTE is allowed to show their stuff, while potentially being given a breather while the courts tie up T and the other ATHM partners. And secondly, the demo serves to bolster AOL's open access argument before the courts and the regulators. I need to see more detail on what it was, exactly, that they did, and what they claim the parameters of this multiple ISP sharing is all about. I don't suppose there's a public application note or a white paper on this anywhere, do you? [g] Any other ideas on this score? Regards, Frank Coluccio

To: MikeM54321 who wrote (11239)	6/15/1999 1:34:00 AM
From: Raymond Duray	Respond to of 29970

Hi Mike, Re: GTE Worldwind, Cable Modem Tech Sites, Trying to follow up on your post I found this site: catv.org They are over in St. Pete at 727.367.0380. I wonder if they might have a "take" on the GTE test in Clearwater? If you can get to speak with "Broadband Bob", I'll bet you could get an earful. Your surmise as to the motivation for GTE to make this announcement now seems quite plausible to me, it seems that it might be a typical case of spreading FUD. Threaders: Another site that seems useful, especially for folks like me who are technologically challenged (and intrigued) is: cablemodeminfo.com HTH, Ry

To: MikeM54321 who wrote (11239)	6/15/1999 2:41:00 AM
From: Raymond Duray	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29970

Hi Mike Re: GTE Worldwind You said: I have no idea who the ISP is that takes GTE Worldwind onto the Internet backbone. I did a tracert from Empire Net, Bend, OR to three different GTE sites and found that BBNplanet was upstream on 2 traces and Sprintlink served the other. You said: GTE just contracted out their ISP service to some local no name company as far as I know. The following were listed as ISPs in Clearwater who use GTE Internetworking: [v.90 ISDN (BBN / GTE Internetworking)] USAServe LA Bridge Netzero National Web Site Devlopment Ctr Direct Internet Net Genie CEGI Services I found it of note that 6 of these 7 ISPs were also contracting with GTE Internetworking in Portland, OR. FWIW, a tracert to Netzero.com was a bogey, timed out repeatedly. As you might know, this is the "free" internet ISP. Seems that you get what you pay for, after all. Best, Ry