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To: ERM who wrote (3082)	11/6/1998 9:51:00 AM
From: ERM	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29970

Following is an excerpt from an article on packet vs. circuit telephony. Obviously not new news, but it's the red cape being waved at the RBOC bull. AT&T [plans to use] both circuit and packet techniques for the cable systems it will own when it closes its $48 billion purchase of Tele-Communications Inc. AT&T's public statements dwell primarily on VoIP on the hybrid fiber coax (HFC) cable networks, but company officials have also begun to acknowledge that they will first deploy circuit-switched techniques. A test is planned for Fremont, Calif., once the deal is finalized, says a source within the combining companies. "We will immediately go into the voice market, initially with circuit-switched gear because that's what's available now," said Daniel Shulman, president of AT&T WorldNet Services (Bridgewater, N.J.) at last months Internet World trade show in New York.