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To: Dug who wrote (10513)	5/4/1998 3:51:00 PM
From: Kevin Thompson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21342

Monday May 4, 3:00 pm Eastern Time Microsoft's Gates urges fast cable link to Internet (Adds details) By Aaron Pressman ATLANTA, May 4 (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. (MSFT - news) Chairman Bill Gates on Monday urged cable companies to speed the deployment of high-speed Internet services, saying they were in the best position to do so quickly ..... Microsoft, along with PC chip giant Intel Corp.(INTC - news), also announced Monday a new cable industry effort to promote the use of super-fast cable modems dubbed the Cable Broadband Forum. TCI and Time Warner Inc. (TWX - news) are also backing the forum. The cable companies are racing to offer new high-speed Internet and telephone services before traditional telephone companies roll out their own high-speed Internet offerings that could eventually be used to offer cable TV programming as well. biz.yahoo.com