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To: Annette who wrote (26170)	7/21/1999 11:34:00 AM
From: HECTOR RUBERT	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 41369

WOW!! Im getting the new I-BOOK.....WIRELESS INTERNET TO DSL, PHONE, ISDN, ETHERNET...etc... $1,599 you get the I-BOOK with a Central Hub which connects to phone plug and you can access the HUB with your I-BOOK from 150 feet away with speed. The best part is that once the HUB is plugged you can use several I-BOOKS with one HUB. CAN WE SAY INTERNET USERS EXPLOSION!!!!!!!!!! Regards, Hector PS: You go Stevie......YouThaMan!!!

To: Annette who wrote (26170)	7/21/1999 11:37:00 AM
From: Ed Forrest	Respond to of 41369

Wednesday July 21 11:14 AM ET Comcast Sues Fla. County Over Internet FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (Reuters) - Comcast Corp. (Nasdaq:CMCSA - news) said Wednesday that it sued in federal court to stop a Florida county from forcing cable companies to open their high-speed Internet access systems to competitors. Comcast's local unit, Comcast Cablevision of Broward County Inc., filed the suit against Broward County Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Miami. Advocate Communications Inc., which operates as Advanced Cable Communications in Broward County, joined the suit. The board of commissioners of Broward County, which is just north of Miami, approved an ordinance on July 13 requiring owners of coveted cable lines to open up access to Internet service providers at wholesale-like prices. Comcast charged in the suit that the county violated the federal Communications Act by adding unlawful requirements to the company's cable franchise agreement. It said the ordinance was vague and unconstitutional and violated due process. Comcast spokesman Joe Waz said the Communications Act ''makes it clear that the policy on regulating the Internet is federal policy, not local policy.'' Broward County was the second local government in the country to require cable outlets to open fiber-optic networks to other Internet service providers. Portland, Ore., was the first. AT&T Corp. is appealing a federal judge's ruling in Portland requiring it to open up its cable Internet system to other service providers as a condition of AT&T's $48 billion acquisition of cable operator Tele-Communications Inc. (Nasdaq:TCOMP - news) The Oregon ruling was seen as a blow to AT&T, which through its acquisition of MediaOne Group Inc. will form the largest U.S. cable television lines company. AT&T spokesman Mike Pruyn said his company also planned to challenge the Broward ordinance and join the suit. ''They just beat us to it,'' he said. Cable operators have said that they will spend billions of dollars upgrading cable lines and revamping them into high-speed telecommunications lines capable of delivering Internet service more efficiently. They said forcing them to open their lines to rivals could discourage investment in technology and reduce competition by preventing them from competing with local phone companies. The Broward County attorney was not immediately available for comment Wednesday. The Broward County ordinance affects only the Fort Lauderdale suburbs in unincorporated parts of the county, where Comcast serves 16,500 cable customers. Comcast does not currently offer high-speed Internet services in the area. Advanced, which serves about 47,000 customers in Broward County, offers a high-speed Internet service called the ISP Channel as an optional premium cable service. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Search News Stories Search News Photos Jul 20 \| Jul 19 \| Jul 18 \| Jul 17 \| Jul 16 \| Jul 15 \| Jul 14 \| Jul 13 \| Jul 12 \| Jul 11 Index \| Top Stories \| Business \| Tech \| Politics \| World \| Local \| Entertainment \| Sports \| Science \| Health -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Questions or Comments Copyright © 1996-1999 Reuters Limited. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of Reuters content is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters. Reuters shall not be liable for any errors or delays in the content, or for any actions taken in reliance thereon.