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To: Jim B who wrote (29752)	11/18/1999 11:17:00 AM
From: Walk Softly	Respond to of 108040

RTHM breaking it......

To: Jim B who wrote (29752)	11/18/1999 11:19:00 AM
From: stan s.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108040

FCC approves line sharing for data carriers WASHINGTON, Nov 18 (Reuters) - More consumers should be able to get high-speed Internet connections and at lower prices after the Federal Communications Commission voted Thursday to require major local phone companies to share their lines with data carriers. The agency ordered that dominant carriers like SBC Communications Inc. (NYSE:SBC - news) and Bell Atlantic Corp. (NYSE:BEL - news) allow upstart competitors to offer high-speed data service on a line while the established carrier continued to offer basic voice service over the same line. Under current rules, customers of data carriers like NorthPoint Communications Group Inc. (NasdaqNM:NPNT - news), Covad Communications Group Inc. (NasdaqNM:COVD - news) and Rhythms Net Connections Inc. (NasdaqNM:RTHM - news) usually must order a second phone line to get high-speed Internet access. So-called line sharing could dramatically reduce the monthly fees data carriers have to pay for those second lines. The dominant carriers already use line sharing when they offer high-speed Internet service. Both groups of carriers use a technology known as Digital Subscriber Line, or DSL, that offers high-speed data service over ordinary phone lines by transmitting in a range of frequencies above those used for vocal communications.