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To: Sleeper who wrote (15153)	9/9/1999 6:51:00 AM
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Thursday September 9, 6:00 am Eastern Time Company Press Release SOURCE: Excite@Home Excite@Home Statement in Response to Brief Filed by Portland, Oregon REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Sept. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Excite@Home (Nasdaq: ATHM - news), a global media company based in Redwood City, Calif., issued the following statement in response to yesterday's filing by the City of Portland and Multnomah County, Oregon: Efforts by the City of Portland and Multnomah County to project their local jurisdictions into cyberspace will only serve to delay the development of the nation's broadband infrastructure. Unless the Ninth Circuit Court overturns the earlier decision of the District Court upholding the Portland ordinance, millions of Americans will be denied access to high-speed cable Internet services for many years to come. Overturning the District Court decision will prevent the Internet at large from becoming hopelessly tangled in a morass of conflicting regulations enacted by 30,000 local jurisdictions. (Photo: newscom.com ) More than 950 municipalities nationwide have already approved AT&T/TCI's broadband service model because they recognize it as providing constituents the fastest and most affordable access to broadband Internet. Having studied the matter extensively, the Federal Communications Commission has concluded that intervention by local governments into the nascent broadband market is not in the best interests of consumers or the industry. American consumers are now benefiting from healthy competition in the broadband arena. Spurred by the advent of cable services, telephone companies are rapidly deploying such broadband technologies as DSL (digital subscriber line) service. Prices for high-speed Internet services are falling, choices are multiplying and consumers are benefiting. Burdening the cable industry with regulations enacted by 30,000 local jurisdictions will reduce competition, lessen consumer choice and increase prices. We hope that the Ninth Circuit Court will stop Portland's attempt to Balkanize the Internet. By putting an end to this matter, the court will help foster a regulatory climate conducive to building out multiple, competitive broadband networks. SOURCE: Excite@Home