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To: JayPC who wrote (12445)	7/14/1999 10:17:00 PM
From: yihsuen	Respond to of 29970

The RBOCs got their asses kicked again by you know who - the DSL players such as PSINet (partner with Covad Communications Group.) The regional Bells keep advocating open access on cable, but the most urgent issue for broadband in this country now is the blockade of access to the telephone infrastructure by the local Bells. The DSL deployment may continue facing problem, unless Tel Act 96 forces Bells to open up the access. For those people investing in COVD, NPNT, RTHM... they need to consider the risk. news.com fednet.net (credit towards Aljorma on AOL thread) I really don't think that the government will intervene the broadband competition, not even a slight chance. Open access on cable, which some people were fooled to believe the competition should happen within the cable pipe, is a non-issue for at lease 30 months. Unfortunately, the uncertainty bothers the ill-informed investors and so affecting the stock price of ATHM.

To: JayPC who wrote (12445)	7/15/1999 4:55:00 AM
From: E. Davies	Respond to of 29970

What a find! Thanks for the post. CRTC knows there are technical problems and will not require open access untill these problems are solved. I agree with that interpretation. It seems they are just planning the regulation ahead of time so they know what to do when the time comes. In order to provide such third party access, cable carriers must provide to ISPs the Internet Protocol (IP) data transmission capabilities they use to provide their own retail level higher speed IS. Cable carriers must also provide facilities to interconnect with the ISPs' networks (the point of interconnection). Is this where @HOME's network is used? It certainly reads that way to me. It looks like @homes network that ties together all the headends might be part of the package provided by the cable operator. I'd like some other more technically informed folks to express thier view. Eric