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To: oldirtybastard who wrote (6331)	10/7/2000 12:40:08 PM
From: RockyBalboa	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 19428

Time Warner handcuffing small ISPs...FTC rumoured to begin with investigations. IMO, TWXs practises sound unfair. That should kill or delay its proposed merger with AOL. In Europe EU as well as local regulators just ended the total control of the networks by the ailing monopoly companies. Relatively small fees for co-location and line sharing have been imposed. Saturday October 7, 1:22 am Eastern Time Time Warner Sets High Terms for Access -Wash Post WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Time Warner Inc (NYSE:TWX - news) is requiring some Internet service providers to pay up to 75 percent of their revenue and relinquish some control of content to gain access to its high-speed network, the Washington Post reported on Saturday. The Post reported that unnamed sources said the Federal Trade Commission is examining the terms of many of the deals proposed to smaller Internet service providers to determine if they violate Time Warner's promise to open its high-speed cable TV lines to competitors in the wake of its $183 billion merger announcement with America Online Inc (NYSE:AOL - news). Time Warner is requiring nearly 40 Internet companies in Texas to give up 75 percent of their subscriber fees and 25 percent of revenues from other sources such as advertising in order to gain access to its cable TV network, according to term sheets obtained by the Post. In addition, the term sheets indicate Time Warner would get approval control over the Internet service providers' home pages and ``prominent above-the-fold areas on the home page of the service for use.'' ``Totally ridiculous,'' said Dave Robertson, vice president and general manager of Stic.net, an Internet service provider in San Antonio with more than 10,000 subscribers. ``The bottom line is, they don't have a desire to open their network.'' Time Warner denied the charge, saying it and AOL are committed to open access, the Post reported. Cable networks are one way to deliver high-speed Internet access to residential customers. Time Warner's cable network reaches 18.8 percent of all cable customers nationwide. biz.yahoo.com