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To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (1109)	4/10/1998 1:49:00 AM
From: Duane L. Olson	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 6846

Frank, the issues you illuminate are precisely those which cause QWST investors to get just a bit more cautious about their commitment. The fact that the issue of access charges will be debated brings with it some risk that access charges will be applied --to the detriment of QWST and QWST's investors. As regards a justification for access charges at current rates, pardon me if I demer... the last time I participated in a serious discussion of those charges was back in my college days. To my knowledge, the state of the issues which then existed continues the same today, without resolution. I have no hope of resolving them any time soon. Cheers dlo

To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (1109)	4/10/1998 11:34:00 AM
From: John Klein	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6846

You bring up some excellent points. The major argument against taxation is the same made against early regulation of the Internet - it stymies development of a technology still in the earliest stages of widespread adoption. This would be the tragedy of the FCC ruling, and it would show, yet again, the extent to which the incumbent LECs still thoroughly monopolize the end distribution of telco services.