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To: kech who wrote (11801)	6/25/1998 4:58:00 PM
From: kech	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

Surfer Dude - Here is more elaboration of the type of services that they want to offer over the pipes. I guess the pipes provide some things that switched circuits don't. Like "always on": The stake in At Home could thus help expand AT&T's reach far beyond the TCI customers it stands to gain directly in the acquisition. Direct access to home consumers is important to AT&T, which wants to offer a full-range of telecommunications services, including Internet access. High-speed Internet access over cable has the additional advantage of being "always on," unlike telephone dial-up Internet connections, opening the way for new applications such as news, e-mail and stock alerts. The Internet connection could also be routed to several devices throughout a home, including PCs and telephones.