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To: Panita who wrote (12880)	7/23/1999 3:52:00 AM
From: Samuel Kho	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29970

Let me share with everyone of what I sent. ******************************** Dear City Supervisors, I'm writing you to express my view on the "Open Access" issue that I understand you will all be voting soon. My views are: 1. "Open Access" sounds like motherhood and apple pie. However, it's really a political tool used by AOL, who monopolizes the Internet Access with 15 million subscribers, to threaten and to put a small company, Excite@Home, with 650,000 subscribers out of business. Please do not fall into this AOL's trap. 2. There is already Open Access to internet with Excite@Home broadband technology right now. Any consumer can access any websites, including AOL's, thru Excite@Home broadband system. 3. Excite@Home is a small company with innovative technological arrangements with the cable companies. The big cable companies may have a stake in Excite@Home, but this company itself is still a small company. If it is killed, the whole broadband access technology may disappear. Then, AOL and the phone companies will have a real monopoly on internet access. Therefore, by allowing Excite@Home and the cable industry to develop its technology and the market, by allowing Excite@Home to increase its subscriber base without disturbances, you will actually be promoting open access and eliminating monopoly by AOL and the phone access technology. Thanks. Sam