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To: FR1 who wrote (11966)	7/1/1999 4:26:00 AM
From: E. Davies	Respond to of 29970

T owns 50% of that business. Why are they selling to Paul Allen? Maybe T didnt have voting control. Maybe they wanted a way into Charter to get them signed up for AT&T phone over cable. Eric

To: FR1 who wrote (11966)	7/1/1999 4:31:00 AM
From: Michael P. Michaud	Respond to of 29970

<<<http://cnnfn.com/1999/06/30/deals/charter/ T owns 50% of that business. Why are they selling to Paul Allen? There must be more than meets the eye here. Any ideas?>>> Bresnan's principal market is upper midwest. T is trying to cluster service areas and probably isn't interested in those states. Just a guess.

To: FR1 who wrote (11966)	7/1/1999 5:24:00 AM
From: RTev	Respond to of 29970

T owns 50% of that business. Why are they selling to Paul Allen? And another possibility: They might be trying to ease the regulatory risks to their MediaOne purchase by trading off systems over which they don't have full control. Falcon Cable-- the previous Charter purchase -- was also partly owned by AT&T. I've always heard of Charter running their own cable-modem system but a press release on the Paul Allen site suggests that at least some of the Charter franchises are affiliated with ATHM: Charter Communications and Charter@Home Partner With ZDTV... paulallen.com Charter@Home will give demonstrations of their products from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and ZDTV will give away one netcam during the event. In addition, serviceable customers who sign up for Charter@Home at this event will receive a $49 Install (regularly $149) and 2 months free service.