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To: bill c. who wrote (8041)	11/26/1997 4:26:00 PM
From: SteveG	Respond to of 21342

<A> AT&T Applauds PUC Ruling Favoring Local Phone Service Competition DALLAS -- AT&T (NYSE: T) today issued the following statement in response to yesterday's Texas Public Utility Commission ruling on arbitration between AT&T and Southwestern Bell: "The PUC ruling is a victory for Texas consumers," said Rian Wren, AT&T president-Southwest Region. "The ruling will help consumers have a choice in local phone service by allowing competitors to purchase pieces of Southwestern Bell's network and recombine them at reasonable prices. "Southwestern Bell has a long track record of raising roadblocks, such as the ones that led to the need for this arbitration before the PUC," Wren said. "Fortunately, the PUC decided not to allow Southwestern Bell to renege on its commitments and thereby deny consumers of the benefits of competition: competitive prices, improved service and advanced technology." /CONTACT: Jim Van Orden, 972-778-4936, or pager: 800-566-0742, or Chris Schein, 972-778-2090, or pager, 800-358-0124, both of AT&T/ "Copyright(c) 1997, PR Newswire" "Provided by Dow Jones & Company, Inc."

To: bill c. who wrote (8041)	11/26/1997 4:34:00 PM
From: SteveG	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21342

<Westell's CAP will be deployed at BT, BA and GTE before 1999.> This may be projected, and may well happen, but it wouldn't surprise me if this was NOT the case - that even expected CAP deployment was delayed as a result of both the regulatory issues, and the general RBOC delay of ADSL deployment. <They really don't concern me as much with BA and BT..> Deployments certainly MAY go as currently expected. However, MY intuition is that IF an RBOC feels it CAN delay, they likely WILL (and since they CURRENTLY control their bundles, they are not under competitive pressures - and UNTIL the unbundling issue is resolved - probably in 98 to 99 by the Supreme Court - they WON'T feel much competitive pressure) My 2 cents anyway - Have some great holidays everyone! Steve