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To: Rascal who wrote (16612)	11/1/1999 11:54:00 PM
From: KailuaBoy	Respond to of 29970

KB.. I really agree with you. > My point is that I don't want any regulation. Me neither. > It seems to me the dispute is who is going to regulate this thing. Right now it is. >Iam not a proponent of Local. And I don't think State is good either. And I certainly don't want the FCC or some other FEDERAL org. doing it. They have their place. If my house catches fire I want someone to have thought of a fire dept. > Why can't any business offer and means of distribution of internet content anywhere? ? > Isn't it the cable company's desire for exclusivity (rather then competition) the problem? Yes. They have left themselves open to criticism. If they handled this better than we wouldn't be wasting all of our time discussing what is inevitable in the first place. Deals will be struck allowing other ISP's access to cable broadband. ATHM doesn't have to lose in this scenario. ATHM will prosper if this obstacle is taken away. I think that it will be resolved by the market if left alone. Might look like this. "Gee ATT we would love to use your facilities to deliver AOL to Joe Sixpack. May we?" ATT says "sure, cut a deal with ATHM" or ATT says "Sure cut a deal with us and we'll go around ATHM. Wink." Then AOL finds out what a joy it is to install HA disk arrays, proxies, widgits and run it all right next to the ATHM stuff. Duplicate everything. Can't get broadband feel without broadband to and through the B-bone. If Joe wants to view his .Jpgs fast than he's gonna go with the service that delivers them. My point is this...it ain't easy to cut a deal around ATHM. Stuff has to be placed in Cooters head-end throughout the nation. It has to be wired up. Circuits have to be ordered and delivered. Techs have to install the....you get the point. Those things take............T.......I.........M........E. Internet companies don't have that. Internet time. Cut a deal before consolidation leaves you standing at the dock. > It is very disappoiinting that the cable now wants to be looked at as telecommuncations to forestall and circumvent what is really best for everyone. If they disappoint the consumer, they lose. The consumer has a choice now. If they behave like they cable company of old, they lose. Same thing with the poor beseiged BOC's. If they roll out broadband like ISDN, they are done. Stockholders lose money, Joe calls the cable company. Fat cats bounce from their towers. Consumers are in the drivers seat if things are allowed to develop. >It reminds me of a bank changing its charter so it can get better oversight and circumvent the spirit of the original legislation. The legislation is going away and now your bank is scrambling to keep your business. They all have web sites. You are again driving. > In 2002 we'll all look back at this and laugh at the nit-picking. I just want it to be now! If AT&T can afford to lay cable just to pick up on a $40.00 isp subscription, then for goodness sake!!! Let's stop this foolishness and move forward. The market and opportunity is GIGANTIC. Let every business take its best shot! Agreed. RIP TCI. >PS I really appreciate the intelligence and debate here. I'm glad we are not in a room being vocal. There would be a lot of shouting. PS..in a down market, ATHM,Tand AOL were all UP! ATHM will do better if forced to provide a first class product. The stock should take care of itself. I don't want stock in a protected bloated company. Put ATHM on the stove and make it dance!!! KB ps. I will figure out this editor one day.