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To: puborectalis who wrote (33022)	10/21/1999 8:54:00 AM
From: John Carragher	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 41369

Digits Digits: Gambits and Gadgets In the World of Technology Double trouble: AT&T Corp. might want to think about settling its fight with Internet-service providers such as America Online Inc. over open access to its cable systems before the presidential ballots are counted. If leading Republican candidate and Texas Gov. George W. Bush is elected, he might not be as sympathetic to the telecom and cable giant as Washington regulators have been. Gov. Bush spoke Monday at the Agenda gathering of tech industry bigwigs in Arizona and afterward explained to a reporter how he felt about opening cable plants to competitors. "Let's just say that I intend to talk to AT&T and make it clear that they should 'voluntarily' open access," he said with a wink and a grin. "That's certainly what I'd like to see." Worse still for AT&T: Mr. Bush said AOL is his online service, which he mostly uses to send e-mail to his mother. Moreover, former Gen. Colin Powell -- reportedly Mr. Bush's choice for secretary of state if he wins -- is on AOL's board and is a close friend of AOL chief Steve Case.