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To: Bob Williamson who wrote (4464)	7/5/1999 7:51:00 PM
From: Frank A. Coluccio	Respond to of 12823

Hello Bob, Your comment got me to thinking... "One more - I don't like it - Let the Courts Decide!" The issue of open cable access, where ATHM and AOL are concerned, can easily be classified as a conundrum: A riddle whose answer is a pun. I say this because neither of these gatekeeper entities is a truly open Internet access provider. AOL would have you believe, as Tang so aptly demonstrates in the link below, that they (AOL) are being denied first eye pops through ATHM. Message 10387917 And at the same time, AOL's very own access structure demands the same control over its users as ATHM's does in this regard, since you can't get past first base on AOL without tipping the umpire there, either. Syllogistic logic cannot be used to make either side's argument. It's a true conundrum which logically should only be decided by the courts, like you say, for the courts are the most capable conundrumists of them all. Regards, Frank Coluccio