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To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (6467)	2/21/2000 1:33:00 PM
From: Frank A. Coluccio	Respond to of 12823

ps - in my previous message "VOD" stands for video on demand and tiers of service related to VOD (near-VOD, other forms of user-selectable programming from archives, etc).

To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (6467)	2/21/2000 1:40:00 PM
From: MikeM54321	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12823

"...During the Nineties, several RBOCs petitioned arguing 1st Amendment freedom of speech, and following each legal victory they were allowed entry into their respective cable TV markets." Frank- Freedom of Speech...now that's an interesting angle! So you are saying the RBOC's won. Right? If so I'm not sure if I'm following what they won? It appears you are saying they won the right to become a TV provider, but not the right to broadcast via the coaxial pipes (already owned by the cablcos). If so, I'm all for that! As long as they build their own pipes, they can broadcast whatever they want. Even today, if an ISP is arguing they want the right to provide TV entertainment(ie Freedom of Speech argument), more power to them. But IMO, they don't have the right via someone else's coaxial or copper pipe. And I'm so GLAD the FCC agrees(albeit in a somewhat political/convoluted way). -MikeM(From Florida)