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To: E. Davies who wrote (12032)	7/2/1999 5:34:00 PM
From: nghi vu	Respond to of 29970

THE Boob was Malone...not that he didn't think it was a big deal but he was too stupid to connect the dot that his TCI wealth ties in with T stock price and by saving $$ and not updating his system during his last 6 months at the helm will hurt him also. He probably delayed spending to keep his books looking good for Wall Street but as I said....too stupid to connect the dot that his TCI stock price move with T since the buyout announcement.

To: E. Davies who wrote (12032)	7/2/1999 5:49:00 PM
From: GraceZ	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29970

Eric- The way the guy I talked to from Comcast explained it to me, it was partly getting all the necessary permits and right-of-ways. Utility poles are owned by the respective utilities. Then if they have to go underground you have to get an easement ( I signed away a portion of my land in perpetuity). All this takes time....then each new area goes to Beta, and he says at this point there are numerous problems trying to get each segment to work (Does anyone that has ever set up a LAN doubt this?)....then finally, service and truck rolls. Lay this scenario over a company where there are little fractions, each promoting their part of the service, digital TV rollout (trying to win over those that would go with satilite) against broadband internet against the standard TV offerings. Remember these are cable guys, most of the Comcast employees that I talked with on the TV side knew nothing about the @Home side and basically acted like they were annoyed to even have it brought up (low tech backlash).

To: E. Davies who wrote (12032)	7/2/1999 9:11:00 PM
From: trouthead	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29970

Well, you have to yank out all the old wire, dig a ditch and stuff it with HFC. Then you get fast internet. I speak with my tongue in my cheek, but you can see it is a labor intensive upgrade. jb

To: E. Davies who wrote (12032)	7/2/1999 11:06:00 PM
From: Frank A. Coluccio	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29970

I wonder if those end up on utility poles. Sometimes the siting of certain types of equipment is determined by rather precise (althoug, sometime fuzzy) distance stipulations. Could be on poles, in building easements, private property rentals, shared facilities quansut huts with other utilities or PCS/cellular entities, just about anywhere. Here in Brooklyn in the Bay Ridge section, TWX places their amplifiers underground in many instances. Actually, they are installed under sidewalk gratings, in pressurized, sealed units. In Manhattan, I can recall underground mini-vaults that were used right under the heaviest trafficked streets in the downtown (Wall Street) financial district, to support data over cable loops from Midtown, during the early Eighties.