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To: MikeM54321 who wrote (8413)	9/11/2000 5:36:44 PM
From: MikeM54321	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12823

"Why is this so good for SBC? I thought with FCC ruling 99-238, SBC was trying to get out of this requirement? Is this just some kind of political gesture that, in the real world of RT real estate, offers little to the CLECs?" Thread- Well the carefully timed PRs out of SBC answers a lot of my questions. First one painting them to be the good guys about opening up their RTs to competitors. Now a day later, this one saying they are partnering with their competitor. What a novel way around the sharing rules. Wonder if the FCC will let this alone, or try to flush out what's really appears to be happening. IMHO it's a great idea. The true enemy of the twisted copper pair is really the HFC plant, and the xMDS SPs. The battle between the incumbents and the CLECs should have been over a long time ago(immediately after T spent the $100 billion on coax). -MikeM(From Florida) HFC- hybrid fiber coax(cable TV companies) xMDS- LMDS or MMDS fixed broadband wireless service providers SP- service providers CLEC- they fight with the incumbents over the twisted copper local loops ______________________ *SBC Signs $600 Million Deal with Covad* By Corey Grice SBC today agreed to invest in Covad Communications and signed a six-year, $600 million agreement with the company to jointly deliver high-speed Internet connections. SBC will invest $150 million in Covad, which represents about a 6 percent minority stake, and settled several legal disputes as part of the plan. Beginning Oct. 1, SBC, which has a broad plan to offer digital subscriber line (DSL) connections to consumers and businesses called "Project Pronto," will resell Covad DSL connections both in and out of the Baby Bell's 13-state region. Covad will receive a guaranteed $600 million in revenue over six years.