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Technology Stocks : Winstar Comm. (WCII) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: gauguin who wrote (4551)	3/18/1998 7:03:00 PM
From: DubM	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12468

Barbara, i guess the point i was making is that if T has decided that cable is not the way to go to service the local market, then perhaps WCII will continue to be a possibility for them, although i have no desire to see WCII bought out by anyone. As for outsourcing residential, i don't know enough to comment, except to say that i would imagine that T derives substantial revenue from residential LD service. In my view, T is going to be facing stiff competition in the future for LD, when the baby Bells are allowed in. It just seems to me that T would be more aggressive in providing local service. Of course, the Teleport acquisition can be considered aggressive. Another article to contemplate: (I stole this from the NN thread, i assume it is accurate) A thought, if the baby Bells were busy getting into long distance, maybe they would not be as busy protecting their home turf. "MCCAIN INTRODUCES BILL TO ALLOW BELL COMPANIES INTO LONG DISTANCE Senate Commerce Committee Chairman John McCain (R-AZ) Mar. 16 introduced his promised bill to free Bell companies from the Telecom Act's restrictions -- including the ban on long distance service -- within a year after enactment. In its findings, the Telecommunications Competition Act of 1998 says that "existing regulatory devices no longer work" and that antitrust issues should be handled by the Justice Department, with the FCC confined to "the regulatory perspective."