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To: JayPC who wrote (19010)	1/18/2000 7:58:00 PM
From: JayPC	Respond to of 29970

For the other ISPs to offer cable in Canada, they would have to do it at significantly lower margins than they get from dial up. In effect, BB cable could become a loss leader for them, if they chose to do so. Is it worth it? Regards Jay

To: JayPC who wrote (19010)	1/19/2000 12:25:00 AM
From: Frank A. Coluccio	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 29970

I should forgive you for rambling?? Now, that's what I call a role reversal. Seriously, though.. as you may recall, I've posted the papers written by Denton for the CRTC here in the ATHM thread (do a search for curse words and Denton, and you'll come across AHhaha's comments on same), and I've been following Videotron's movements in the Cook Reports regarding the same issues, as well. It's difficult to formulate a coherent and all-encompassing perspective of many of these market issues when viewing what's taking place on both sides of the border, near simultaneously, and especially when skipping back and forth, on interrupts. The CRTC has taken a more commanding role in dictating the dos and don'ts in CA wrt OA than the FCC has. It's interesting to see same company dual treatments, in that regard. But I've got to admit that it gets a little dizzying carrying on discussions on this thread while hopping between the two venues. An odd thing is happening though. Due to the CRTC's insistence on certain matters, actual fixes have been identified and are likely to be attempted in order to accommodate upstream interconnects for OA purposes. Without the impetus of federal guidelines, these may never have been defined. Nevertheless, it sticks in my craw that such measures by the government were necessary in the first place. Pricing, too, has been defined. Has the industry had a chance to sort those issues out for itself? Or, has that been tried already in Canada only to reach deadlocks on all fronts? Would you care to present a comparison of how you see the two sides of the border differing in their approaches to cable regs, with a special focus on how they relate to competition and OA?