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To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (6218)	1/10/2000 8:48:00 PM
From: MikeM54321	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 12823

Ken- I think every type of broadband access technology is a winner. They have all been raised to a higher plane by the AOL-TWX shot. The main development I draw out of the merger is, who are the new broadband targets? First, it was just techies with computers. Then, T started the ball rolling for local telephone users. Now, AOL-TWX makes everyone who has a TV a target. Which means just about EVERYONE in the US! This is not counting Europe, Asia, and Latin America. All of which will probably follow a similar migration path. Broadband is not just for techies anymore. Maybe I'm at a slight advantage in seeing this because I've had a cable modem for something like a year and a half or so. Seems like a very long time. I'm very impressed with the experimentation going on. For example, there is a website where you can pick from multiple news topics of the day. You pick only the ones you want delivered to you personally. You click your choices in the check boxes. Then click, "Start." And the entire custom news stream is broadcast to your desktop for viewing. It's like being your own news editor. Another example. Right now GTE Americast won't carry MSNBC. So what do I do because I want to watch the Republican debate live (or later on for that matter)? I click on the MSNBC website, click on debate. I'm watching it as I type. Pretty neat way around GTE Americast not carrying this particular MSNBC content that I really wanted to watch. As you may know, there are only a million cable modem users and even less DSL users. So there is a long ways to go and the possible uses of broadband data, as an entertainment delivery vehicle, are endless. --MikeM(From Florida)