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To: LLCoolG who wrote (22410)	6/15/1999 3:59:00 PM
From: David E. Taylor	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 41369

G: I'm not accepting anything GTE/AOL or T/ATHM says as "fact". I was simply pointing out the disconnect between the adamant "can't be done" stance that ATHM was taking on the analysts' call last week, vs the apparent GTE demo that "of course it can be done, and it doesn't cost an arm and a leg either". I don't profess to know all of the technical hurdles that would have to be overcome to allow multiple ISP access to a specific cable network, but I'd venture to opine that ATHM is overstating the case. If anyone had made the claim a few years ago that we'd soon be able to increase the carrying capacity of fiberoptic cable by factors of up to 100, no-one would have believed them either. For every capacity bottleneck, there always seems to be technical innovation to overcome it. The real issue here still seems to me to be whether AT&T is going to be allowed to develop a new monopoly. If the Portland decision is upheld and other municipalities jump on board (as they've indicated they will), then it will be in everyone's interest for AOL/AT&T et al to put some deals together rather than slugging this out with the FCC and in the courts. David T.