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To: Bernard Levy who wrote (8991)	10/23/2000 2:45:07 PM
From: MikeM54321	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 12823

"Competition came at a time when the RBOCs and cable operators had finally adequate weapons in their hands." Bernard and Frank- Interesting information of which I was not aware of. I just knew the DSL PRs of both the incumbents and the equipment companies never seemed to match reality(I'm talking 8 years back). So ATT may not be the quite the hero I picture them to be. I still wonder what the broadband landscape would be like without ATT spending $100 billion to compete with the twisted pair. My speculation is that there would be a major push by the incumbents to get us to buy multiple phone lines for a dedicated slow-mo dial-up line. Since the costs to the incumbent would have been minor compared to installing DSL equipment. Even as he is being hung out to dry by the media, I'm still voting for Armstrong as the broadband hero. I can't wait until the AOL/TWX deal is out of limbo land. Then there may be an equally strong threat to the twisted pair network. Broadband should really get a jumpstart after that. Maybe even wireless(all flavors). -MikeM(From Florida)