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To: SPSEIFERT who wrote (6033)	11/20/1999 5:37:00 PM
From: E. Davies	Respond to of 12823

Cable has never been a regulated monopoly in the sense of what the telcos have had True that the nature of the regulation is drastically different. Yet both are monopolies granted by the public in exchange for allowing itself to be regulated. I have often considered if there any "moral" difference between the two. (for lack of a better term) One difference I can see is that in the domain of digital services the cable cos. have had to put forward much more significant risk capital. Another "moral" difference might be that cable does not have a monopoly over television service since they have obvious competition through the airwaves. The FCC has a goal of eliminating all monopolies Nothing is being done to eliminate the monopoly of ownership of the wires. The regulation is simply shifting towards control of how those wires are "rented". I'd like to see the efforts being pushed towards ending the monopoly of the wires. Work on ways to open the public right of ways and really end the monopolies. It will happen eventually. Eric