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To: ahhaha who wrote (17594)	12/6/1999 11:25:00 PM
From: Frank A. Coluccio	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 29970

Very true. Consider the following hypothetical situation: Milo: Okay, all of you guys out there, ISPs 1 through 6,503, you can all come in now, we were wrong. Actually, we were only kidding. T: That's right. We've just decided that what we've been saying all along has been anal retentive in many ways, and we are in full agreement now with the boys over in @Home. Welcome aboard. FCC to T: But, but... T to FCC: "Don't worry. Watch this:" T, to All 6,503 ISPs: You are all allowed onto our systems now. AOL: Okay. It's about time. Where do we sign up? T/TCI: Sign up? Sign up for what? AOL: We want to gain access to your local plant, Armstrong said it was okay now. Where do we sign up? T/TCI: Oh, you mean you want us to provide you with a hookup to our customers. No problem. They are already hooked up. Have been for some time now. AOL: Okay, how about letting us into your head ends so that we can mount our routers and... T/TCI: Mount your routers? Mount your routers in your own head ends. We only provide local access. If you want to access our POP, you will need to do that upstream. We don't have enough room here for 6,503 additional routers. And while we're at it, what is it that you would like us to provide here that would allow your applications to work properly? Can you specify the configuration you require? AOL: But, but... MSPG: But, but... . . . . ISP Number 6,503: But, but... ------ T/TCI: Okay. Now that we have that settled, did someone ask how QoS would be provisioned?

To: ahhaha who wrote (17594)	12/7/1999 12:59:00 AM
From: E. Davies	Respond to of 29970

I dont think legislated open access is inevitable. By the time the scenario you layed out would come to fruition AT&T (and probably other MSO's too) will already be selling access to the wires to the most capable bidders. DSL will be a roaring success too. Noone will care anymore. The only "losers" will be the small local ISPs, who likely will just buy IP transport from @home anyway. Once Mindspring and AOL buy themselves access the opennet movement will collapse upon its empty center. Eric