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To: Stoctrash who wrote (48043)	12/28/1999 2:53:00 PM
From: John Rieman	Respond to of 50808

Open Cable............................................ cableworld.com Cable Opens Up by Jim Barthold If anything, the cable industry is at least paying lip service to the notion that it is not a closed society - or network, as the case may be, as evidenced by last week's Western Show buzz. For instance, OpenCAS (Conditional Access System) is seen as helping network providers change their conditional access systems on demand. "It's based on a DVB (Digital Video Broadcast) spec and it allows a clean separation between CA systems and the rest of the headend so you can change CA systems (or) run more than one CA system simultaneously," said Rich Peske, direc-tor-cable market development for Divi-Com Inc. Peske said OpenCAS is "very analogous" to the General Instrument Corp. - Scientific-Atlanta Inc. Harmony CA agreement, but "the problem with Harmony is that it never went beyond S-A and GI." OpenCAS is starting with SCTE standardization and moving to CableLabs' approval. The system, which is being supported by about 22 different vendors and operators, is in its "second round of interoperability testing," Peske said. "It's very targeted at what the FCC is trying to do in terms of push the cable industry into a retail market," he said.

To: Stoctrash who wrote (48043)	12/29/1999 2:30:00 AM
From: Christopher Jack	Respond to of 50808

Thanks for the response FredE. About a month ago I read on this message board from somebody that we would be screwed if HLIT split. I didn't think that sounded right but hey, I've owned this stock for 3 years and kept on buying it all the way down to 19 1/2 thinking that it couldn't get any lower. It's a great company but it's been a long rocky road. I'm relatively new to investing so I wasn't real sure if we would get 2X the shares or not. I've been reading your posts for three years so I respect what you have to say. By the way, do you happen to know what ever happened to a guy named Dave Nadalin, or something like that. He was real active on this board and then just vanished one day. Always respected his comments too! Oh well, good luck to you and all the long CUBE holders. Looks like we might finally be rewarded. --CT