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To: Tim McCormick who wrote (22227)	5/15/2000 2:04:00 PM
From: Boris Reynov	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29970

Excite@Home States Internet Users Are the Beneficiaries of the District Court Decision Rejecting Henrico County's Forced Access Ordinance 05/15 10:55 REDWOOD CITY, Calif., May 15 /PRNewswire/ -- (Last Week, Federal District Court Judge Richard Williams of the Eastern District of Virginia released his written opinion on whether Henrico County, Virginia has the ability to regulate high speed Internet access over cable. The Judge found that four provisions in federal law clearly preempted the ability of local governments from imposing such "forced access" requirements.) (Photo: NewsCom: newscom.com ) The following statement can be attributed to Jon Englund, Vice President, Policy and Government Affairs, Excite@Home: There's no ambiguity whatsoever about Judge Williams' decision: local governments are preempted by federal law from forcing cable companies to provide any ISPs with government-regulated access to the cable infrastructure. Similar issues are at stake in the case under appeal in the 9th Circuit concerning the legality of Portland, Oregon imposing such an ordinance, and in another case in Broward County, Florida. Internet users are the big beneficiaries of this landmark decision. The competitive marketplace is encouraging investments and giving consumers broadband options at low prices. Government intervention would chill investments and increase the cost of these services. Internet users, local authorities and federal decision-makers are increasingly recognizing that the real goal of those providing the lion's share of the funding for these efforts to impose new regulations is to slow down the ability of their competitors from offering high speed Internet access to consumers at reasonable prices.