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To: tang who wrote (25439)	7/11/1999 7:10:00 PM
From: E. Davies	Respond to of 41369

You must understand that even if AOL were to have access to the cable wires the service is still fundamentally being provided by AT&T (or whoever runs your cable system). AT&T gets most of the $40/month (or whatever) you pay. They set the base price for the service. More providers on the same wire does not solve any problems, it only creates more. A shared network is close to the nature of a chain, where any single weak link effects everyone. The problems ATHM has been having are primarily in the local loop itself so AOL or anyone else would most often have the same problem at the same time. What you really want is more methods of accessing the internet who can compete with each other, not one method shared by many. Imagine if your different garbage services were required to all use the same truck at the same time- would one be any better than the other? Wouldnt the two garbage services just spend all their time fighting over who gets to use the space in the garbage truck and who pays when it breaks down? I'd love it if the goverment would make it easy for more people to string wire to the home. "Open" the cable conduits and right of ways, not the cable electronics. Then we would see some impressive things. Eric