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To: Darren DeNunzio who wrote (4198)	6/16/1999 8:33:00 AM
From: MikeM54321	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12823

lml / Darren, As an aside: Thanks for the links. Very cool world we live in for GTE to even be able to broadcast (full 6 megbit/sec stream) their position to the world via the Internet. I wish more people could get the 6 meg stream. But, their argument is so full of holes. Last time I checked, there is nothing to prevent GTE from spending $70 billion on purchasing cable plants or even building their own. They did it in my area, so they certainly know how to do it. So if they don't like it, compete with AT&T cable plant head to head. Quit wasting time on press conferences and build a cable plant. They did here and I'm on it because the quality is TEN times (almost literally) better than Time Warners (both TV and Internet Access) cable plant offers. I'm sure if they had plans to go nationwide with coax, they would be singing a different tune. I think they realize how expensive it is and instead of forging ahead to compete with AT&T's cable plant, they seek to stall AT&T while they milk the twisted copper pair and firm up their DSL plans. When the 1996 Telecom act was written, it was done so for a good reason. Twisted copper pair was the most viable game in town. But now that there is Coax(HFC), Fixed Wireless, and Satellite (not to mention the powerlines and sewer pipes<G>), with all these ways to solve the last mile problem, my feeling is it's time to get rid of the 1996 Telecom Act and let everyone just compete head to head. The only regulation I would have is to prepare the ISPs and CLECs for the coming bad news by slowly restricting their ride on the twisted copper pair until it's down to no ride at all. That way they can begin to make their own plans to compete. Not that I am such a Sprint fan, but look what Esprey is doing. While all the ILECs and ISPs are crying foul to the government, you don't hear Sprint complaining about AT&Ts unfair cable plant advantage. They are slowly buying up wireless solutions to be able to get to the home. That's where the energy needs to go. Thinking of solutions to compete in the new telecommunications marketplace. All just IMHO. MikeM(From Florida)